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-rw-r--r--drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c22
-rw-r--r--include/linux/i2c.h7
-rw-r--r--include/linux/i2c/pcf857x.h3
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index c99ebeadb55..d0175f4f8fc 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@ static int i2c_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
if (driver->id_table)
return i2c_match_id(driver->id_table, client) != NULL;
- /* new style drivers use the same kind of driver matching policy
- * as platform devices or SPI: compare device and driver IDs.
- */
- return strcmp(client->driver_name, drv->name) == 0;
+ return 0;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
@@ -91,14 +88,9 @@ static int i2c_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
if (dev->driver)
return 0;
- if (client->driver_name[0]) {
- if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", client->driver_name))
- return -ENOMEM;
- } else {
- if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%s",
- I2C_MODULE_PREFIX, client->name))
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
+ if (add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%s",
+ I2C_MODULE_PREFIX, client->name))
+ return -ENOMEM;
dev_dbg(dev, "uevent\n");
return 0;
}
@@ -206,9 +198,7 @@ static ssize_t show_client_name(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *att
static ssize_t show_modalias(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
- return client->driver_name[0]
- ? sprintf(buf, "%s\n", client->driver_name)
- : sprintf(buf, "%s%s\n", I2C_MODULE_PREFIX, client->name);
+ return sprintf(buf, "%s%s\n", I2C_MODULE_PREFIX, client->name);
}
static struct device_attribute i2c_dev_attrs[] = {
@@ -282,8 +272,6 @@ i2c_new_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *info)
client->addr = info->addr;
client->irq = info->irq;
- strlcpy(client->driver_name, info->driver_name,
- sizeof(client->driver_name));
strlcpy(client->name, info->type, sizeof(client->name));
/* a new style driver may be bound to this device when we
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index 6716ec808c5..fb9af6a0fe9 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ struct i2c_driver {
* @driver: device's driver, hence pointer to access routines
* @dev: Driver model device node for the slave.
* @irq: indicates the IRQ generated by this device (if any)
- * @driver_name: Identifies new-style driver used with this device; also
- * used as the module name for hotplug/coldplug modprobe support.
* @list: list of active/busy clients (DEPRECATED)
* @released: used to synchronize client releases & detaches and references
*
@@ -174,7 +172,6 @@ struct i2c_client {
struct i2c_driver *driver; /* and our access routines */
struct device dev; /* the device structure */
int irq; /* irq issued by device (or -1) */
- char driver_name[KOBJ_NAME_LEN];
struct list_head list; /* DEPRECATED */
struct completion released;
};
@@ -200,8 +197,7 @@ static inline void i2c_set_clientdata (struct i2c_client *dev, void *data)
/**
* struct i2c_board_info - template for device creation
- * @driver_name: identifies the driver to be bound to the device
- * @type: optional chip type information, to initialize i2c_client.name
+ * @type: chip type, to initialize i2c_client.name
* @flags: to initialize i2c_client.flags
* @addr: stored in i2c_client.addr
* @platform_data: stored in i2c_client.dev.platform_data
@@ -220,7 +216,6 @@ static inline void i2c_set_clientdata (struct i2c_client *dev, void *data)
* with the adapter already known.
*/
struct i2c_board_info {
- char driver_name[KOBJ_NAME_LEN];
char type[I2C_NAME_SIZE];
unsigned short flags;
unsigned short addr;
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c/pcf857x.h b/include/linux/i2c/pcf857x.h
index ba8ea6e1647..0767a2a6b2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c/pcf857x.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c/pcf857x.h
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
* @context: optional parameter passed to setup() and teardown()
*
* In addition to the I2C_BOARD_INFO() state appropriate to each chip,
- * the i2c_board_info used with the pcf875x driver must provide the
- * chip "type" ("pcf8574", "pcf8574a", "pcf8575", "pcf8575c") and its
+ * the i2c_board_info used with the pcf875x driver must provide its
* platform_data (pointer to one of these structures) with at least
* the gpio_base value initialized.
*