I2C_NEW_DEVICE(9)                    I2C and SMBus Subsystem                    I2C_NEW_DEVICE(9)



NAME
       i2c_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.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                         I2C_NEW_DEVICE(9)