Add a sysfs interface to instantiate and delete I2C devices. This is
primarily a replacement of the force_* module parameters implemented
by some i2c drivers. These module parameters were implemented
internally by the I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD* macros, which don't scale well.
This can also be used when developing a driver on a self-soldered
board which doesn't yet have proper I2C device declaration at the
platform level, and presumably for various debugging situations.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
On popular demand, here comes some documentation about how to
instantiate i2c devices in the new (standard) i2c device driver
binding model.
I have also clarified how the class bitfield lets driver authors
control which buses are probed in the auto-detect case, and warned
more loudly against the abuse of this method.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Acked-by: Michael Lawnick <nospam_lawnick@gmx.de>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Jean Delvare