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author | David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> | 2008-01-27 18:14:52 +0100 |
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committer | Jean Delvare <khali@hyperion.delvare> | 2008-01-27 18:14:52 +0100 |
commit | e9f1373b643887f63878d1169b310c9acc534cd5 (patch) | |
tree | f2ac0313819539de849ae633c0e70f26d047ea16 /drivers | |
parent | 0b987dcd3ae5626ac006fbbe366e9a8415b303df (diff) |
i2c: Add i2c_new_dummy() utility
This adds a i2c_new_dummy() primitive to help work with devices
that consume multiple addresses, which include many I2C eeproms
and at least one RTC.
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 59 |
1 files changed, 58 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c index cd3fcb85ca7..96da22e9a5a 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c @@ -296,6 +296,50 @@ void i2c_unregister_device(struct i2c_client *client) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_unregister_device); +static int dummy_nop(struct i2c_client *client) +{ + return 0; +} + +static struct i2c_driver dummy_driver = { + .driver.name = "dummy", + .probe = dummy_nop, + .remove = dummy_nop, +}; + +/** + * i2c_new_dummy - return a new i2c device bound to a dummy driver + * @adapter: the adapter managing the device + * @address: seven bit address to be used + * @type: optional label used for i2c_client.name + * Context: can sleep + * + * This returns an I2C client bound to the "dummy" driver, intended for use + * with devices that consume multiple addresses. Examples of such chips + * include various EEPROMS (like 24c04 and 24c08 models). + * + * These dummy devices have two main uses. First, most I2C and SMBus calls + * except i2c_transfer() need a client handle; the dummy will be that handle. + * And second, this prevents the specified address from being bound to a + * different driver. + * + * This returns the new i2c client, which should be saved for later use with + * i2c_unregister_device(); or NULL to indicate an error. + */ +struct i2c_client * +i2c_new_dummy(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u16 address, const char *type) +{ + struct i2c_board_info info = { + .driver_name = "dummy", + .addr = address, + }; + + if (type) + strlcpy(info.type, type, sizeof info.type); + return i2c_new_device(adapter, &info); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_new_dummy); + /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* I2C bus adapters -- one roots each I2C or SMBUS segment */ @@ -841,11 +885,24 @@ static int __init i2c_init(void) retval = bus_register(&i2c_bus_type); if (retval) return retval; - return class_register(&i2c_adapter_class); + retval = class_register(&i2c_adapter_class); + if (retval) + goto bus_err; + retval = i2c_add_driver(&dummy_driver); + if (retval) + goto class_err; + return 0; + +class_err: + class_unregister(&i2c_adapter_class); +bus_err: + bus_unregister(&i2c_bus_type); + return retval; } static void __exit i2c_exit(void) { + i2c_del_driver(&dummy_driver); class_unregister(&i2c_adapter_class); bus_unregister(&i2c_bus_type); } |