Re: [PATCH] Bitbanging i2c bus driver using the GPIO API

From: Jean Delvare
Date: Sat Mar 10 2007 - 14:17:28 EST


On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:30:12 -0800, David Brownell wrote:
> > --- a/include/linux/i2c-id.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/i2c-id.h
> > @@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
> > #define I2C_HW_B_EM28XX 0x01001f /* em28xx video capture cards */
> > #define I2C_HW_B_CX2341X 0x010020 /* Conexant CX2341X MPEG encoder cards */
> > #define I2C_HW_B_INTELFB 0x010021 /* intel framebuffer driver */
> > +#define I2C_HW_B_GPIO 0x010022 /* Generic GPIO-based driver */
>
> It'd be nice to completely abolish those IDs, starting by not
> adding new ones. Especially, not adding unused ones!

I'm confident that we'll be able to get rid of the I2C device driver
IDs pretty soon thanks to your new i2c-core model, but I'm not sure if
we'll be able to get rid of I2C adapter drivers IDs that quickly. But I
agree with you, please let's not add new unused IDs.

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Jean Delvare
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