Is i2c_adapter.class relevant anymore with new style drivers? On 1/2/08, Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/2/08, Jochen Friedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMHO, there should be a node attribute to override i2c_adapter.class. > > Legacy i2c drivers (in particular v4l and dvb drivers) use this class to > > decide which adapter to bind to. dbox2 needs I2C_CLASS_TV_DIGITAL (4). > > I hadn't paid any attention to i2c_adapter.class. Now that you mention > it I wonder why i2c has it. It appears to be a holdover from the > older mechanism of searching for devices and it is used as a filter to > reduce the number of device being searched. I would think a new style > driver could just ignore it. > > It is probably best to fix it in a successive patch. >
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