Re: i2c_probe() vs i2c_detect()

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 05:23:07PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Can anyone tell me why both i2c_probe() and i2c_detect() are in the
> kernel at the same time?  They both almost do the same thing, with the
> exception being i2c_detect() can handle i2c devices on the isa bus.
> 
> It kind of looks like the older i2c code and drivers used the
> i2c_probe() call, while the lm_sensors code used i2c_detect().
> 
> If there are no objections, I'll merge the two of them, cutting about 2k
> out of the kernel :)

Once ou're at it you could also try to get rid of the check_region abuse
in there :)