前面我们已经了解到i2c的host描述，对于设备来说，其描述较为简单，数据结构实现如下：
/**
* struct i2c_client - represent an I2C slave device
* @flags: I2C_CLIENT_TEN indicates the device uses a ten bit chip address;
* I2C_CLIENT_PEC indicates it uses SMBus Packet Error Checking
* @addr: Address used on the I2C bus connected to the parent adapter.
* @name: Indicates the type of the device, usually a chip name that's
* generic enough to hide second-sourcing and compatible revisions.
* @adapter: manages the bus segment hosting this I2C device
* @dev: Driver model device node for the slave.
* @irq: indicates the IRQ generated by this device (if any)
* @detected: member of an i2c_driver.clients list or i2c-core's
* userspace_devices list
* @slave_cb: Callback when I2C slave mode of an adapter is used. The adapter
* calls it to pass on slave events to the slave driver.
*
* An i2c_client identifies a single device (i.e. chip) connected to an
* i2c bus. The behaviour exposed to Linux is defined by the driver
* managing the device.
*/
struct i2c_client {
unsigned short flags; /* div., see below */
unsigned short addr; /* chip address - NOTE: 7bit */
/* addresses are stored in the */
/* _LOWER_ 7 bits */
char name[I2C_NAME_SIZE];
struct i2c_adapter *adapter; /* the adapter we sit on */
struct device dev; /* the device structure */
int irq; /* irq issued by device */
struct list_head detected;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_I2C_SLAVE)
i2c_slave_cb_t slave_cb; /* callback for slave mode */
#endif
};
显然，对于I2c设备来说，其最主要是提供的i2c地址，这里用addr描述。对于内核驱动模型来说，任何设备都需要内嵌
struct device dev，以能完全跟踪描述设备。
对于一个I2C设备来说，其驱动类型定义如下：
struct i2c_driver
/* Notifies the driver that a new bus has appeared. You should avoid
* using this, it will be removed in a near future.
*/
int (*attach_adapter)(struct i2c_adapter *) __deprecated;
/* Standard driver model interfaces */
int (*probe)(struct i2c_client *, const struct i2c_device_id *);
int (*remove)(struct i2c_client *);
/* driver model interfaces that don't relate to enumeration */
void (*shutdown)(struct i2c_client *);
/* Alert callback, for example for the SMBus alert protocol.
* The format and meaning of the data value depends on the protocol.
* For the SMBus alert protocol, there is a single bit of data passed
* as the alert response's low bit ("event flag").
* For the SMBus Host Notify protocol, the data corresponds to the
* 16-bit payload data reported by the slave device acting as master.
*/
void (*alert)(struct i2c_client *, enum i2c_alert_protocol protocol,
unsigned int data);
/* a ioctl like command that can be used to perform specific functions
* with the device.
*/
int (*command)(struct i2c_client *client, unsigned int cmd, void *arg);
struct device_driver driver;
const struct i2c_device_id *id_table;
/* Device detection callback for automatic device creation */
int (*detect)(struct i2c_client *, struct i2c_board_info *);
const unsigned short *address_list;
struct list_head clients;
};
显然，设备驱动是完成对I2C设备的驱动。需要注意里面struct device_driver driver的设置，其也是用于满足设备驱动模型要求。
需要注意，一般来说，i2c_client是静态定义或者DTS分析得到的一个内核对象，也就是说其是内核I2C框架层
分析得到的对象，一般不需要用户直接分配。而I2C设备的驱动则需要静态定义实现，并通过函数
i2c_register_driver()注册到I2C框架层，此函数对外提供i2c_add_driver().
#define i2c_add_driver(driver) \
i2c_register_driver(THIS_MODULE, driver)
/*
* An i2c_driver is used with one or more i2c_client (device) nodes to access
* i2c slave chips, on a bus instance associated with some i2c_adapter.
*/
int i2c_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct i2c_driver *driver)
{
int res;
/* Can't register until after driver model init */
if (unlikely(WARN_ON(!i2c_bus_type.p)))
return -EAGAIN;
/* add the driver to the list of i2c drivers in the driver core */
driver->driver.owner = owner;设备驱动
driver->driver.bus = &i2c_bus_type;设备驱动所在总线类型
/* When registration returns, the driver core
* will have called probe() for all matching-but-unbound devices.
*/
res = driver_register(&driver->driver);注册设备驱动，设备驱动模型要求
if (res)
return res;
/* Drivers should switch to dev_pm_ops instead. */
if (driver->suspend)
pr_warn("i2c-core: driver [%s] using legacy suspend method\n",
driver->driver.name);
if (driver->resume)
pr_warn("i2c-core: driver [%s] using legacy resume method\n",
driver->driver.name);
pr_debug("i2c-core: driver [%s] registered\n", driver->driver.name);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&driver->clients);
/* Walk the adapters that are already present */
i2c_for_each_dev(driver, __process_new_driver);驱动开始探测设备，如果有设备，则初始化它。
return 0;
}设备驱动定义形式如下：
static const struct i2c_device_id i2c_slave_eeprom_id[] = {
{ "slave-24c02", 2048 / 8 },
{ }
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, i2c_slave_eeprom_id);
static struct i2c_driver i2c_slave_eeprom_driver = {
.driver = {
.name = "i2c-slave-eeprom",
},
.probe = i2c_slave_eeprom_probe,
.remove = i2c_slave_eeprom_remove,
.id_table = i2c_slave_eeprom_id,
};
module_i2c_driver(i2c_slave_eeprom_driver);
