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

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Date:   Thu, 3 Sep 2020 11:08:55 +0530
From:   Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>, Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>,
        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 10/08/20 3:07 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> 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>

Queued for v5.10.

Thanks,
Sekhar