[i2c] [patch 1/5] i2c stack can probe()

Jean Delvare khali at linux-fr.org
Sun Mar 4 11:57:44 CET 2007


Hi David,

On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 09:54:32 -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> The basic issue was that i2c_client.driver isn't needed, because
> i2c_client.dev.driver suffices ... in the same way, we don't need
> both i2c_client.adapter and i2c_client.dev.parent; or the driver
> model refcount and i2c_client.usage_count for that matter.  When
> that duplication vanishes, such questions will vanish.  :)

I never realized there was so much duplication in the i2c core
structures. Now I'm eagerly waiting for your patches cleaning it all
up ;)

-- 
Jean Delvare



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