i2c: Add a sysfs interface to instantiate devices
authorJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:58:20 +0000 (16:58 +0200)
committerJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:58:20 +0000 (16:58 +0200)
commit99cd8e25875a109455b709b5a41d4891b8d8e58e
tree38907f3c6df0048ce0c4764a282c4a21c74aa49f
parent35fc37f8188177e3ba3e7f99a6e3300e490e9181
i2c: Add a sysfs interface to instantiate devices

Add a sysfs interface to instantiate and delete I2C devices. This is
primarily a replacement of the force_* module parameters implemented
by some i2c drivers. These module parameters were implemented
internally by the I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD* macros, which don't scale well.

This can also be used when developing a driver on a self-soldered
board which doesn't yet have proper I2C device declaration at the
platform level, and presumably for various debugging situations.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices
drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
include/linux/i2c.h