Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] i2c: core: Introduce i2c_client_get_device_id helper function

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Mon Nov 14 2022 - 15:29:04 EST


On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:53:20 +0100
Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 06:46:30PM +0100, Angel Iglesias wrote:
> > Introduces new helper function to aid in .probe_new() refactors. In order
> > to use existing i2c_get_device_id() on the probe callback, the device
> > match table needs to be accessible in that function, which would require
> > bigger refactors in some drivers using the deprecated .probe callback.
> >
> > This issue was discussed in more detail in the IIO mailing list.
> >
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221023132302.911644-11-u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > Suggested-by: Nuno Sá <noname.nuno@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Angel Iglesias <ang.iglesiasg@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Immutable branch here:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux.git i2c/client_device_id_helper-immutable
>
> I merged this branch also into i2c/for-mergewindow.
>
> Thank you, everyone!
>

Excellent. Merged that into iio.git/togreg and applied patch 2.

Thanks,

Jonathan