Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Apr 2003 10:57:57 +0200 | From | Gerd Knorr <> | Subject | Re: [patch] add i2c_clientname() |
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> > This patch just adds a #define and a inline function to hide the > > "i2c_client->name" => "i2c_client->dev.name" move introduced by > > the recent i2c updates. That makes it easier to build i2c drivers > > on both 2.4 and 2.5 kernels. > > This is going to be a harder and harder problem as time goes on, and as > the i2c core changes over time. I would just give up now :)
I don't, interfacing with the i2c core is not that much code in most drivers.
> > +#define I2C_DEVNAME(str) .dev = { .name = str } > > Why this macro? You don't use it in your driver, right?
I use it in my current driver code (patches are at http://bytesex.org/patches/wip/). Submitting those patches doesn't make sense before that patch is in because I would get flooded with "bttv doesn't compile any more" style mails ...
Gerd
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