Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jul 2011 00:37:46 -0600 | From | Grant Likely <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i2c: Allow i2c_add_numbered_adapter() to assign a bus id. |
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On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:53:30AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Grant, > > Sorry for the late answer. > > On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:02:45 -0600, Grant Likely wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Grant Likely > > <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote: > > > Currently, if an i2c bus driver supports both static and dynamic bus > > > ids, it needs to choose between calling i2c_add_numbered_adapter() and > > > i2c_add_adapter(). This patch makes i2c_add_numbered_adapter() > > > redirect to i2c_add_adapter() if the requested bus id is -1. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> > > > > Oops, forgot to edit the email before sending the patch. > > > > This patch is as-yet untested other than build testing, but I want to > > get feedback. With the move to DT on ARM, there are going to be a lot > > more i2c bus drivers that need to support both static and dynamically > > allocated busses, and it is very likely that it will be needed in the > > v3.1 merge window. > > > > Ben/Jean, *IF* this patch tests out okay, and *IF* I get an ack from > > you, it will probably need to have this commit in my devicetree/next > > branch. If so, then I'll either need to commit it myself, or have it > > put into a separate topic branch that both of us can merge into our > > trees. What is your preference. > > > > John: this is the patch that I asked you to write earlier today, but I > > think one of the TI folks will run into the same issue, so I wanted to > > get it drafted and onto the list ASAP. > > If this makes your life easier then I have no objection, you can go > ahead. I don't expect any conflict with my tree as there is no i2c-core > work going on on my end at the moment. So you can just take it in your > tree and merge it yourself as you see fit. > > Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Actually, now that I'm looking at things, I don't think there will be a conflict. Go ahead and take it via your tree so that I don't make Linus' life harder than it needs to be.
g.
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