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template for device creation
</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Synopsis"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="programlisting">
struct i2c_board_info {
char type[I2C_NAME_SIZE];
unsigned short flags;
unsigned short addr;
void * platform_data;
struct dev_archdata * archdata;
int irq;
}; </pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="Members"><a id="id2708791"></a><h2>Members</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">type[I2C_NAME_SIZE]</span></dt><dd><p>
chip type, to initialize i2c_client.name
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">flags</span></dt><dd><p>
to initialize i2c_client.flags
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">addr</span></dt><dd><p>
stored in i2c_client.addr
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">platform_data</span></dt><dd><p>
stored in i2c_client.dev.platform_data
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">archdata</span></dt><dd><p>
copied into i2c_client.dev.archdata
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">irq</span></dt><dd><p>
stored in i2c_client.irq
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a id="id2708871"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
I2C doesn't actually support hardware probing, although controllers and
devices may be able to use I2C_SMBUS_QUICK to tell whether or not there's
a device at a given address. Drivers commonly need more information than
that, such as chip type, configuration, associated IRQ, and so on.
</p><p>
i2c_board_info is used to build tables of information listing I2C devices
that are present. This information is used to grow the driver model tree.
For mainboards this is done statically using <code class="function">i2c_register_board_info</code>;
bus numbers identify adapters that aren't yet available. For add-on boards,
<code class="function">i2c_new_device</code> does this dynamically with the adapter already known.
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