Re: [RFC] SPI core

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Jun 01 2005 - 23:42:52 EST


On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 12:06:55AM -0400, Mark M. Hoffman wrote:
> * Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> [2005-05-31 16:32:15 -0700]:
> > This code is _very_ close to just a copy of the i2c core code. Why
> > duplicate it and not work with the i2c people instead?
>
> It was discussed briefly on the lm-sensors mailing list [1]. I didn't
> reply at the time, but I do agree that SPI and I2C/SMBus are different
> enough to warrant independent subsystems.

Independant is fine. But direct copies, including making the same
mistakes (i2c dev interface, i2c driver model mess) isn't :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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