Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:12:19 +0200
From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: Mark Jackson <mpfj@mimc.co.uk>
Cc: ben-linux@fluff.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, i2c@lm-sensors.org,
       lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [i2c] [PATCH v2] Add support for Dallas DS28CM00 Unique ID chip
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Hi Mark,

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:42:42 +0100, Mark Jackson wrote:
> Jean Delvare wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:55:26 +0100, Mark Jackson wrote:
> >> This patch adds support for the (I2C based) DS28CM00 ID chip.
> >> (v2 after running through checkpatch)
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: M.Jackson <mpfj@mimc.co.uk> 
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/i2c/chips/Kconfig    |    7 ++
> >>  drivers/i2c/chips/Makefile   |    1 +
> >>  drivers/i2c/chips/ds28cm00.c |  166 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  3 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Nack. No new drivers under drivers/i2c/chips please, it's going away
> > soon.
> 
> Okay ... where should any new drivers be located ?

Depends of what the device does.
* Hardware monitoring chip drivers go to drivers/hwmon
* RTC chip drivers go to drivers/rtc
* I/O expander drivers go to drivers/gpio
If you can't find a suitable directory under drivers, either create a
new one if that makes sense, or put your driver under drivers/misc.

> >> +static int ds28cm00_attach_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adapter);
> >> +static int ds28cm00_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind);
> >> +static int ds28cm00_detach_client(struct i2c_client *client);
> >> +
> >> +/* This is the driver that will be inserted */
> >> +static struct i2c_driver ds28cm00_driver = {
> >> +	.driver = {
> >> +		.name	= "ds28cm00",
> >> +	},
> >> +	.attach_adapter	= ds28cm00_attach_adapter,
> >> +	.detach_client	= ds28cm00_detach_client,
> >> +};
> > 
> > attach_adapter and detach_client are deprecated. Please use probe and
> > remove instead.
> 
> Are there any existing chip drivers that use this new method ?

As of 2.6.27-git10: all drivers under drivers/i2c/chips, all i2c
drivers under drivers/gpio, all i2c drivers under drivers/hwmon, all
i2c drivers under drivers/rtc, and more.

You may want to take a look at Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients too.


-- 
Jean Delvare
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