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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-10-04 14:59:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-10-04 14:59:14 -0700 |
| commit | 663cc813a8da4dcc35043998c8856e6ff2ee48fd (patch) | |
| tree | 97e62a1250f4c64cb75455aa9796c5306bf996e1 /Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 | |
| parent | 58e57fbd1c7e8833314459555e337364fe5521f3 (diff) | |
| parent | 6f6b35e133fe4313277b30fc1a7ea313875ea6c9 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging
* 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging:
macintosh: Don't assume i2c device probing always succeeds
i2c: Hide probe errors caused by ACPI resource conflicts
i2c: Minor documentation update
mfd: AB3100 drop unused module parameters
Staging: IIO: tsl2561: Drop unused module parameters
leds: leds-pca9532 - Drop unused module parameters
ltc4215/ltc4245: Discard obsolete detect methods
ds2482: Discard obsolete detect method
max6875: Discard obsolete detect method
i2c: Move misc devices documentation
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 index bae7a3adc5d..02838a47d86 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 @@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ Usage Notes ----------- This driver does not probe for LTC4245 devices, due to the fact that some -of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will need to use -the "force" parameter to tell the driver where to find the device. +of the possible addresses are unfriendly to probing. You will have to +instantiate the devices explicitly. Example: the following will load the driver for an LTC4245 at address 0x23 on I2C bus #1: -$ modprobe ltc4245 force=1,0x23 +$ modprobe ltc4245 +$ echo ltc4245 0x23 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-1/new_device Sysfs entries |