Hi Jon,
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:26:34 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote:
The common scheme used elsewhere in the kernel for handling more than
one device in a single driver is aliases. The i2c code's existing
driver_name/type combination is a different way of implementing the
same feature. But there is
On 1/13/08, Jean Delvare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Jon,
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:26:34 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote:
The common scheme used elsewhere in the kernel for handling more than
one device in a single driver is aliases. The i2c code's existing
driver_name/type combination is a
Hi Jon,
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:20:15 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
+{
+ /* only powerpc drivers implement the id_table,
+* it is empty on other platforms */
+ if (id) {
+ while (id-name[0]) {
+ if (strcmp(client-driver_name, id-name) == 0)
This
On 1/12/08, Jean Delvare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Jon,
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:20:15 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
+{
+ /* only powerpc drivers implement the id_table,
+* it is empty on other platforms */
+ if (id) {
+ while (id-name[0]) {
+
Hi Jon,
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:41:38 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote:
This patch allows new style i2c chip drivers to have alias names using
the official kernel aliasing system and MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(). I've
tested it on PowerPC and x86. This change is required for PowerPC
device tree support.
Your
