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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-10-04 14:59:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-10-04 14:59:14 -0700 |
| commit | 663cc813a8da4dcc35043998c8856e6ff2ee48fd (patch) | |
| tree | 97e62a1250f4c64cb75455aa9796c5306bf996e1 /Documentation | |
| parent | 58e57fbd1c7e8833314459555e337364fe5521f3 (diff) | |
| parent | 6f6b35e133fe4313277b30fc1a7ea313875ea6c9 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging
* 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging:
macintosh: Don't assume i2c device probing always succeeds
i2c: Hide probe errors caused by ACPI resource conflicts
i2c: Minor documentation update
mfd: AB3100 drop unused module parameters
Staging: IIO: tsl2561: Drop unused module parameters
leds: leds-pca9532 - Drop unused module parameters
ltc4215/ltc4245: Discard obsolete detect methods
ds2482: Discard obsolete detect method
max6875: Discard obsolete detect method
i2c: Move misc devices documentation
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/misc-devices/eeprom (renamed from Documentation/i2c/chips/eeprom) | 0 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/misc-devices/max6875 (renamed from Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875) | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/w1/masters/ds2482 | 6 |
6 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 index 2e6a21eb656..c196a184625 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4215 @@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ Usage Notes ----------- This driver does not probe for LTC4215 devices, due to the fact that some -of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will need to use -the "force" parameter to tell the driver where to find the device. +of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will have to +instantiate the devices explicitly. Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4215 at address 0x44 on I2C bus #0: -$ modprobe ltc4215 force=0,0x44 +$ modprobe ltc4215 +$ echo ltc4215 0x44 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-0/new_device Sysfs entries diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 index bae7a3adc5d..02838a47d86 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 @@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ Usage Notes ----------- This driver does not probe for LTC4245 devices, due to the fact that some -of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will need to use -the "force" parameter to tell the driver where to find the device. +of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will have to +instantiate the devices explicitly. Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4245 at address 0x23 on I2C bus #1: -$ modprobe ltc4245 force=1,0x23 +$ modprobe ltc4245 +$ echo ltc4245 0x23 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-1/new_device Sysfs entries diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices b/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices index c740b7b4108..e89490270ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices +++ b/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ segment, the address is sufficient to uniquely identify the device to be deleted. Example: -# echo eeprom 0x50 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-3/new_device +# echo eeprom 0x50 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-3/new_device While this interface should only be used when in-kernel device declaration can't be done, there is a variety of cases where it can be helpful: diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/eeprom b/Documentation/misc-devices/eeprom index f7e8104b576..f7e8104b576 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/eeprom +++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/eeprom diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 b/Documentation/misc-devices/max6875 index 10ca43cd1a7..1e89ee3ccc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 +++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/max6875 @@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ General Remarks Valid addresses for the MAX6875 are 0x50 and 0x52. Valid addresses for the MAX6874 are 0x50, 0x52, 0x54 and 0x56. -The driver does not probe any address, so you must force the address. +The driver does not probe any address, so you explicitly instantiate the +devices. Example: -$ modprobe max6875 force=0,0x50 +$ modprobe max6875 +$ echo max6875 0x50 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-0/new_device The MAX6874/MAX6875 ignores address bit 0, so this driver attaches to multiple addresses. For example, for address 0x50, it also reserves 0x51. diff --git a/Documentation/w1/masters/ds2482 b/Documentation/w1/masters/ds2482 index 9210d6fa502..299b91c7609 100644 --- a/Documentation/w1/masters/ds2482 +++ b/Documentation/w1/masters/ds2482 @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ General Remarks Valid addresses are 0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, and 0x1b. However, the device cannot be detected without writing to the i2c bus, so no -detection is done. -You should force the device address. +detection is done. You should instantiate the device explicitly. -$ modprobe ds2482 force=0,0x18 +$ modprobe ds2482 +$ echo ds2482 0x18 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-0/new_device |