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| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2010-05-19 10:12:41 -0700 |
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| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2010-05-19 10:12:41 -0700 |
| commit | 8d0bc2b456103a34c11e01305cd1aed1cde579e5 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e1e6ad55cc9e2b5c5617f6f320114b8cff9e3f3 /Documentation/i2c/writing-clients | |
| parent | 30ba3ead05763b172acaa65ae1be71af2a878940 (diff) | |
| parent | e40152ee1e1c7a63f4777791863215e3faa37a86 (diff) | |
| download | linux-8d0bc2b456103a34c11e01305cd1aed1cde579e5.tar.bz2 | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.34' into next
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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients index 3219ee0dbfef..5ebf5af1d716 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ structure at all. You should use this to keep device-specific data. /* retrieve the value */ void *i2c_get_clientdata(const struct i2c_client *client); +Note that starting with kernel 2.6.34, you don't have to set the `data' field +to NULL in remove() or if probe() failed anymore. The i2c-core does this +automatically on these occasions. Those are also the only times the core will +touch this field. + Accessing the client ==================== |