Re: driver_register() - probe routine

[Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 05:07:24PM +0200, jfaslist wrote:
> Hi,
> Using linux 2.6, I have problem with an i2c bus driver. The driver does 
> a driver_register() call  in its init entry point.
> In that process it registers a probe routine, but this one never gets 
> called. As a result the i2c bus is not working, since the i2c bus driver 
> never got a chance to register itself w/ the i2c_add_adapter()  function 
> as described in   the linux journal article:
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7136

Try looking at the documentation for the i2c core in Documentation/i2c/
and look at the existing i2c drivers, as the api has changed a bit since
I wrote that old article.

If you still have questions, try posting the patch on the sensors
mailing list, as that is the best place for this.

thanks,

greg k-h

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