From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sensors@stimpy.netroedge.com
Subject: Re: i2c_probe() vs i2c_detect()
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:33:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030404143301.B25147@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030403012307.GA6037@kroah.com>; from greg@kroah.com on Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 05:23:07PM -0800
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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