Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:33:01 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: i2c_probe() vs i2c_detect() |
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On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 05:23:07PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone tell me why both i2c_probe() and i2c_detect() are in the > kernel at the same time? They both almost do the same thing, with the > exception being i2c_detect() can handle i2c devices on the isa bus. > > It kind of looks like the older i2c code and drivers used the > i2c_probe() call, while the lm_sensors code used i2c_detect(). > > If there are no objections, I'll merge the two of them, cutting about 2k > out of the kernel :)
Once ou're at it you could also try to get rid of the check_region abuse in there :)
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