Now that am7xxx_get_device_info() is more robust, the check in the
caller can be avoided.
* is the first one to be sent to the device in order for it to
* successfully return the correct device information.
*
* is the first one to be sent to the device in order for it to
* successfully return the correct device information.
*
- * So, if there is not a cached version of it (from a previous open),
- * we ask for device info at open time,
+ * NOTE: am7xxx_get_device_info() will fetch the actual device info
+ * from the device only the very first time it's called for a given
+ * device, otherwise, it'll return a cached version of the device info
+ * (from a previous call to am7xxx_open_device(), for instance).
- if ((*dev)->device_info == NULL) {
- ret = am7xxx_get_device_info(*dev, NULL);
- if (ret < 0)
- error(ctx, "cannot get device info\n");
- }
+ ret = am7xxx_get_device_info(*dev, NULL);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ error(ctx, "cannot get device info\n");