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I2C device driver binding control from user-space | ||
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Up to kernel 2.6.32, many i2c drivers used helper macros provided by | ||
<linux/i2c.h> which created standard module parameters to let the user | ||
control how the driver would probe i2c buses and attach to devices. These | ||
parameters were known as "probe" (to let the driver probe for an extra | ||
address), "force" (to forcibly attach the driver to a given device) and | ||
"ignore" (to prevent a driver from probing a given address). | ||
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With the conversion of the i2c subsystem to the standard device driver | ||
binding model, it became clear that these per-module parameters were no | ||
longer needed, and that a centralized implementation was possible. The new, | ||
sysfs-based interface is described in the documentation file | ||
"instantiating-devices", section "Method 4: Instantiate from user-space". | ||
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Below is a mapping from the old module parameters to the new interface. | ||
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Attaching a driver to an I2C device | ||
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Old method (module parameters): | ||
# modprobe <driver> probe=1,0x2d | ||
# modprobe <driver> force=1,0x2d | ||
# modprobe <driver> force_<device>=1,0x2d | ||
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New method (sysfs interface): | ||
# echo <device> 0x2d > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-1/new_device | ||
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Preventing a driver from attaching to an I2C device | ||
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Old method (module parameters): | ||
# modprobe <driver> ignore=1,0x2f | ||
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New method (sysfs interface): | ||
# echo dummy 0x2f > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-1/new_device | ||
# modprobe <driver> | ||
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Of course, it is important to instantiate the "dummy" device before loading | ||
the driver. The dummy device will be handled by i2c-core itself, preventing | ||
other drivers from binding to it later on. If there is a real device at the | ||
problematic address, and you want another driver to bind to it, then simply | ||
pass the name of the device in question instead of "dummy". |
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