linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: davinci: use simple i2c probe function

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Message-ID: <20200810093710.GD1290@kunai>
Date:   Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:37:10 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
To:     Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>
Cc:     Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: davinci: use simple i2c probe function

On Sun, Aug 09, 2020 at 07:24:44PM +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> The i2c probe functions here don't use the id information provided in
> their second argument, so the single-parameter i2c probe function
> ("probe_new") can be used instead.
> 
> This avoids scanning the identifier tables during probes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>

This is useful, helps deprecating the old probe method:

Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>


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