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-rw-r--r--drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c15
-rw-r--r--include/linux/i2c.h8
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 52b2cd4ac8b2..8b93a262e237 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -924,8 +924,6 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
}
driver = to_i2c_driver(dev->driver);
- if (!driver->probe)
- return -EINVAL;
/*
* An I2C ID table is not mandatory, if and only if, a suitable Device
@@ -967,7 +965,18 @@ static int i2c_device_probe(struct device *dev)
if (status == -EPROBE_DEFER)
goto err_clear_wakeup_irq;
- status = driver->probe(client, i2c_match_id(driver->id_table, client));
+ /*
+ * When there are no more users of probe(),
+ * rename probe_new to probe.
+ */
+ if (driver->probe_new)
+ status = driver->probe_new(client);
+ else if (driver->probe)
+ status = driver->probe(client,
+ i2c_match_id(driver->id_table, client));
+ else
+ status = -EINVAL;
+
if (status)
goto err_detach_pm_domain;
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index 7e00efd6a62f..82cf90945bb8 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ enum i2c_alert_protocol {
* struct i2c_driver - represent an I2C device driver
* @class: What kind of i2c device we instantiate (for detect)
* @attach_adapter: Callback for bus addition (deprecated)
- * @probe: Callback for device binding
+ * @probe: Callback for device binding - soon to be deprecated
+ * @probe_new: New callback for device binding
* @remove: Callback for device unbinding
* @shutdown: Callback for device shutdown
* @alert: Alert callback, for example for the SMBus alert protocol
@@ -178,6 +179,11 @@ struct i2c_driver {
int (*probe)(struct i2c_client *, const struct i2c_device_id *);
int (*remove)(struct i2c_client *);
+ /* New driver model interface to aid the seamless removal of the
+ * current probe()'s, more commonly unused than used second parameter.
+ */
+ int (*probe_new)(struct i2c_client *);
+
/* driver model interfaces that don't relate to enumeration */
void (*shutdown)(struct i2c_client *);