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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/2] IIO: st_accel_i2c.c: Use probe_new() instead of probe()
On Wed, 4 Jul 2018, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 9:06 AM, Nikolaus Voss
> <nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de> wrote:
>> struct i2c_device_id argument of probe() is not used, so use probe_new()
>> instead.
>>
>
> This makes...
>
>> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, st_accel_id_table);
>
> ...this table obsolete IIUC. At least that's what I did when switched
> to ->probe_new() in some drivers.
>
> If I'm mistaken (again? :-) ) I would hear from someone to point me
> how it can be used after a switch.

It is still used by the i2c-core in i2c_device_match() if DT and ACPI
matching fails. And it is used to create the corresponding modaliases for
driver loading. So it is necessary for non-DT/ non-ACPI systems and used
for fallback matching if no match is found in of_device_ids.

>
>>
>> -static int st_accel_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>> - const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>> +static int st_accel_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>> {
>> struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
>> struct st_sensor_data *adata;
>> @@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ static struct i2c_driver st_accel_driver = {
>> .of_match_table = of_match_ptr(st_accel_of_match),
>> .acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(st_accel_acpi_match),
>> },
>> - .probe = st_accel_i2c_probe,
>> + .probe_new = st_accel_i2c_probe,
>> .remove = st_accel_i2c_remove,
>> .id_table = st_accel_id_table,
>> };
>> --
>> 2.17.1
>>
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