i2c: Convert the pcf8574 driver to a new-style i2c driver

The new-style pcf8574 driver implements the optional detect() callback
to cover the use cases of the legacy driver.

Warning: users will now have to use the force module parameter to get
the driver to attach to their device. That's not a bad thing as these
devices can't be detected anyway.

Note that this doesn't change the fact that this driver is deprecated
in favor of gpio/pcf857x.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
This commit is contained in:
Jean Delvare
2008-07-16 19:30:06 +02:00
committed by Jean Delvare
parent 8b77e6ac49
commit 833bedb813
2 changed files with 51 additions and 69 deletions

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@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ Kernel driver pcf8574
Supported chips:
* Philips PCF8574
Prefix: 'pcf8574'
Addresses scanned: I2C 0x20 - 0x27
Addresses scanned: none
Datasheet: Publicly available at the Philips Semiconductors website
http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/PCF8574P.html
* Philips PCF8574A
Prefix: 'pcf8574a'
Addresses scanned: I2C 0x38 - 0x3f
Addresses scanned: none
Datasheet: Publicly available at the Philips Semiconductors website
http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/PCF8574P.html
@@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ For more informations see the datasheet.
Accessing PCF8574(A) via /sys interface
-------------------------------------
! Be careful !
The PCF8574(A) is plainly impossible to detect ! Stupid chip.
So every chip with address in the interval [20..27] and [38..3f] are
detected as PCF8574(A). If you have other chips in this address
range, the workaround is to load this module after the one
for your others chips.
So, you have to pass the I2C bus and address of the installed PCF857A
and PCF8574A devices explicitly to the driver at load time via the
force=... parameter.
On detection (i.e. insmod, modprobe et al.), directories are being
created for each detected PCF8574(A):