From c7b25a9e96dc89954ae8d8f473f56fae62030f84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Delvare Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 17:06:24 +0100 Subject: i2c: Drop probe, ignore and force module parameters The legacy probe and force module parameters are obsolete now, the same can be achieved using the new_device sysfs interface, which is both more flexible and cheaper (it is implemented by i2c-core rather than replicated in every driver module.) The legacy ignore module parameters can be dropped as well. Ignoring can be done by instantiating a "dummy" device at the problematic address. This is the first step of a huge cleanup to i2c-core's i2c_detect function, i2c.h's I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD* macros, and all drivers that made use of them. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare --- Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters (limited to 'Documentation/i2c') diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters b/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8e2b629d533c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +I2C device driver binding control from user-space +================================================= + +Up to kernel 2.6.32, many i2c drivers used helper macros provided by + which created standard module parameters to let the user +control how the driver would probe i2c buses and attach to devices. These +parameters were known as "probe" (to let the driver probe for an extra +address), "force" (to forcibly attach the driver to a given device) and +"ignore" (to prevent a driver from probing a given address). + +With the conversion of the i2c subsystem to the standard device driver +binding model, it became clear that these per-module parameters were no +longer needed, and that a centralized implementation was possible. The new, +sysfs-based interface is described in the documentation file +"instantiating-devices", section "Method 4: Instantiate from user-space". + +Below is a mapping from the old module parameters to the new interface. + +Attaching a driver to an I2C device +----------------------------------- + +Old method (module parameters): +# modprobe probe=1,0x2d +# modprobe force=1,0x2d +# modprobe force_=1,0x2d + +New method (sysfs interface): +# echo 0x2d > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-1/new_device + +Preventing a driver from attaching to an I2C device +--------------------------------------------------- + +Old method (module parameters): +# modprobe ignore=1,0x2f + +New method (sysfs interface): +# echo dummy 0x2f > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-1/new_device +# modprobe + +Of course, it is important to instantiate the "dummy" device before loading +the driver. The dummy device will be handled by i2c-core itself, preventing +other drivers from binding to it later on. If there is a real device at the +problematic address, and you want another driver to bind to it, then simply +pass the name of the device in question instead of "dummy". -- cgit v1.2.3