linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: iio: light: isl29018/28: remove I2C_CLASS

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:30:46 +0100
From:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
	Alison Schofield <amsfield22@...il.com>
Cc:	knaack.h@....de, lars@...afoo.de, pmeerw@...erw.net,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Linux I2C <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: iio: light: isl29018/28: remove I2C_CLASS_HWMON
 .class setting

On 18/07/16 09:50, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> 
> On Saturday 16 July 2016 07:58 AM, Alison Schofield wrote:
>> I2C_CLASS_HWMON is for a hardware monitoring chip wanting
>> auto-detection.  IIO drivers don't typically use .class.
>> Remove it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <amsfield22@...il.com>
>> Cc: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...il.com>
>>
> 
> Agree.
> Acked-by: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
Any resulting ABI change from dropping it?
I don't think so, as it doesn't support detection anyway,
but best to be sure ;)

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