Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] i2c: core: Introduce i2c_client_get_device_id helper

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Tue, 1 Nov 2022 16:58:13 +0200
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 06:51:06PM +0100, Angel Iglesias wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I don't want to step anyone's work here, so I'm sending this RFC to the
> > devs involved in the original discussion. I read on Uwe Kleine-König's
> > patchset submission thread the necessity for an i2c helper to aid with the
> > migration to the new i2c_driver .probe_new callback. Following the
> > suggestions made there, I wrote this small patchset implementing the
> > suggested helper function and ported the bmp280 IIO i2c probe to the new
> > probe using that helper.  
> 
> For the entire series (please drop RFC in the next version)
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'm happy to pick up the next version but a question on 'route' in to the kernel.

I can do an immutable branch with just the new function call in it if
that is useful given I assume this is applicable across a bunch of subsystems?

Jonathan

> 
> > Thanks for your time!
> > Angel
> > 
> > Original discussion thread for additional context:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221023132302.911644-11-u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > 
> > Angel Iglesias (2):
> >   i2c: core: Introduce i2c_client_get_device_id helper function
> >   iio: pressure: bmp280: convert to i2c's .probe_new()
> > 
> >  drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c       | 15 +++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/iio/pressure/bmp280-i2c.c |  8 ++++----
> >  include/linux/i2c.h               |  1 +
> >  3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > 
> > base-commit: c32793afc6976e170f6ab11ca3750fe94fb3454d
> > -- 
> > 2.38.1
> >   
>