Re: driver_register() - probe routine

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Greg KH 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. But I believe my problem has to do with a driver model issue 
more than i2c. The driver registers itself w/ driver_register() but  the 
subsequent probe routine never gets called. I  am not sure what triggers 
the probe to be called. I will keep looking in the code.
Thx
-jfs


	

	
		
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