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author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2010-10-28 14:31:50 -0400 |
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committer | Jean Delvare <khali@endymion.delvare> | 2010-10-28 14:31:50 -0400 |
commit | 6dfee85397a47063291fe199eaf950bee7944454 (patch) | |
tree | a0938da1f748f16621238e047a93f052fbd9adb2 /Documentation | |
parent | 4275fcd65d3b4a504b7779e532c81a927afd28c0 (diff) |
hwmon: (pcf8591) Don't attempt to detect devices
The PCF8591 can't be detected, don't even try. There are plenty of
other means to instantiate i2c devices these days.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
Cc: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 | 18 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 b/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 index e76a7892f68e..ac020b3bb7b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/pcf8591 | |||
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Kernel driver pcf8591 | |||
4 | Supported chips: | 4 | Supported chips: |
5 | * Philips/NXP PCF8591 | 5 | * Philips/NXP PCF8591 |
6 | Prefix: 'pcf8591' | 6 | Prefix: 'pcf8591' |
7 | Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48 - 0x4f | 7 | Addresses scanned: none |
8 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the NXP website | 8 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the NXP website |
9 | http://www.nxp.com/pip/PCF8591_6.html | 9 | http://www.nxp.com/pip/PCF8591_6.html |
10 | 10 | ||
@@ -58,18 +58,16 @@ Module parameters | |||
58 | Accessing PCF8591 via /sys interface | 58 | Accessing PCF8591 via /sys interface |
59 | ------------------------------------- | 59 | ------------------------------------- |
60 | 60 | ||
61 | ! Be careful ! | 61 | The PCF8591 is plainly impossible to detect! Thus the driver won't even |
62 | The PCF8591 is plainly impossible to detect! Stupid chip. | 62 | try. You have to explicitly instantiate the device at the relevant |
63 | So every chip with address in the interval [0x48..0x4f] is | 63 | address (in the interval [0x48..0x4f]) either through platform data, or |
64 | detected as PCF8591. If you have other chips in this address | 64 | using the sysfs interface. See Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices |
65 | range, the workaround is to load this module after the one | 65 | for details. |
66 | for your others chips. | ||
67 | 66 | ||
68 | On detection (i.e. insmod, modprobe et al.), directories are being | 67 | Directories are being created for each instantiated PCF8591: |
69 | created for each detected PCF8591: | ||
70 | 68 | ||
71 | /sys/bus/i2c/devices/<0>-<1>/ | 69 | /sys/bus/i2c/devices/<0>-<1>/ |
72 | where <0> is the bus the chip was detected on (e. g. i2c-0) | 70 | where <0> is the bus the chip is connected to (e. g. i2c-0) |
73 | and <1> the chip address ([48..4f]) | 71 | and <1> the chip address ([48..4f]) |
74 | 72 | ||
75 | Inside these directories, there are such files: | 73 | Inside these directories, there are such files: |