Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] IIO: st_accel_i2c.c: Use probe_new() instead of probe()

[Nikolaus Voss]

On Wed, 4 Jul 2018, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 9:37 AM, Nikolaus Voss
> <nikolaus.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Jul 2018, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 9:06 AM, Nikolaus Voss
> > > <nikolaus.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > struct i2c_device_id argument of probe() is not used, so use probe_new()
> > > > instead.
> > >
> > > This makes...
> > >
> > > >  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, st_accel_id_table);
> > >
> > >
> > > ...this table obsolete IIUC. At least that's what I did when switched
> > > to ->probe_new() in some drivers.
> > >
> > > If I'm mistaken (again? :-) ) I would hear from someone to point me
> > > how it can be used after a switch.
> >
> >
> > It is still used by the i2c-core in i2c_device_match() if DT and ACPI
> > matching fails.
>
> > And it is used to create the corresponding modaliases for
> > driver loading.
>
> My question is "How?!"
> I don't really see any points to match against it after switching to
> ->probe_new().
>
> Could you point me to the code path in i2c (or OF?) core for that?

As written above in i2c-core-base.c: i2c_device_match() -> 
i2c_match_id(driver->id_table,...

This is used for driver matching before probe() or probe_new() of the 
device driver can be called. probe_new() actually is a function signature 
change only.

Niko