Re: [PATCH 1/5] hwmon: ina2xx: bail-out from ina2xx_probe() in case of configuration errors

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On 11/25/2014 10:22 AM, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> 2014-11-25 18:59 GMT+01:00 Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>:
>> It seems to me this is a problem of your architecture. That doesn't
>> make it a generic problem. Your architecture should detect that a
>> probe was disconnected and de-instantiate the device automatically
>> if so, and re-instantiate it if it is re-inserted. Ultimately this
>> should be done with, for example, devicetree overlays.
>
> You're right and it's planned to be done this way in the future, when
> this project exits its prototype phase (around Q2 2015). Nevertheless
> I still think that if we're adding a set function, it should behave
> like the getters and check the value returned by
> i2c_smbus_write_word_swapped().
>

I do not question that. I question changing the return value to -ENODEV.

Repeating my earlier question: Is the resistor value changed by software
or by changing the probe ?

Thanks,
Guenter