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author | Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> | 2015-08-04 12:17:53 -0700 |
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committer | Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> | 2015-08-04 15:44:42 -0700 |
commit | 9ca8dbcc65cfc63d6f5ef3312a33184e1d726e00 (patch) | |
tree | 1c9cafbcd35f783a87880a10f85d1a060db1a563 /kernel/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters | |
parent | 98260f3884f4a202f9ca5eabed40b1354c489b29 (diff) |
Add the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as base
Import the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as OPNFV kvm base.
It's from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git linux-4.1.y-rt and
the base is:
commit 0917f823c59692d751951bf5ea699a2d1e2f26a2
Author: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date: Sat Jul 25 12:13:34 2015 +0200
Prepare v4.1.3-rt3
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
We lose all the git history this way and it's not good. We
should apply another opnfv project repo in future.
Change-Id: I87543d81c9df70d99c5001fbdf646b202c19f423
Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com>
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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters b/kernel/Documentation/i2c/old-module-parameters new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8e2b629d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/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 +<linux/i2c.h> 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 <driver> probe=1,0x2d +# modprobe <driver> force=1,0x2d +# modprobe <driver> force_<device>=1,0x2d + +New method (sysfs interface): +# echo <device> 0x2d > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-1/new_device + +Preventing a driver from attaching to an I2C device +--------------------------------------------------- + +Old method (module parameters): +# modprobe <driver> ignore=1,0x2f + +New method (sysfs interface): +# echo dummy 0x2f > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-1/new_device +# modprobe <driver> + +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". |