[i2c] rtc: pcf8563 detection problem

[Jean Delvare]

Hi Stefan,

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:15:58 +0200, Stefan Roese wrote:
> On our custom board we have the PCF8563 equipped. Using the current driver, 
> the RTC is not detected. It gets detected after adding it's I2C address 
> (0x51) to the "normal_i2c[]" array:
> 
> static unsigned short normal_i2c[] = { 0x51, I2C_CLIENT_END };
> 
> So I was wondering why it is not included here. The comment above the 
> declaration explains that it can't be autodetected, but how should this 
> driver be used if no address is specified here?

Use module parameters. For example:
modprobe rtc-pcf8563 probe=0,0x51

Or an equivalent bootloaded parameter if the driver is built-in.

Ideally this driver would be converted to a new-style i2c driver so
that the RTC chip can be declared in a platform file and the device
instantiated automatically.

-- 
Jean Delvare