Re: i2c-eg20t: regression since i2c_add_numbered_adapter change

From: Alexander Stein
Date: Thu Aug 30 2012 - 07:08:23 EST


On Thursday 30 August 2012 17:19:15, Feng Tang wrote:
> > IMO the i2c_register_board_info only works in quite static setups. Especially with I2C-Busses attached to hotplugable PCI devices this way doesn't work reliable any more.
> > The device come and go dynamically so you can't assume fixed mapping.
>
> Can you specify the hotplugable?
> 1. A hotplugable i2c bus controller (say i2c_eg20t) with all fixed i2c
> devices connecting to it
> 2. i2c bus controller is fixed, while the i2c devices will be dynamically
> connected to it.
> 3. Both the bus controller and devices are dynamically hotplugged

I had scenario 1 in mind, but with more than 1 bus controller (say 2x i2c_eg20t). How can you set a fixed numbering if there are more controllers, each with maybe more than 1 bus?
Anyway, how can you provide a static bus numbering if there are more than one driver or more than one device per driver if the devices are hotplugable?

Best regards,
Alexander

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