I2C_NEW_DEVICE(9) I2C and SMBus Subsystem I2C_NEW_DEVICE(9)NAMEi2c_new_device - instantiate an i2c device
SYNOPSIS
struct i2c_client * i2c_new_device(struct i2c_adapter * adap,
struct i2c_board_info const * info);
ARGUMENTS
adap
the adapter managing the device
info
describes one I2C device; bus_num is ignored
CONTEXT
can sleep
DESCRIPTION
Create an i2c device. Binding is handled through driver model
probe/remove methods. A driver may be bound to this device when we
return from this function, or any later moment (e.g. maybe hotplugging
will load the driver module). This call is not appropriate for use by
mainboard initialization logic, which usually runs during an
arch_initcall long before any i2c_adapter could exist.
This returns the new i2c client, which may be saved for later use with
i2c_unregister_device; or NULL to indicate an error.
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