Re: [PATCH 0/3] Replace bmp085 with bmp18x

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wednesday 29 February 2012, Eric Andersson wrote:
> This patch-set replaces the BMP085 driver with a driver for Bosch Sensortec's new
> generation of pressure sensors called BMP18x. These pressure sensors can be
> connected on I2C but also on SPI as a variant, so the driver implements both.
> Register-wise they are fully compatible with the older BMP085, so the driver will
> support those chips as well.
> 
> The driver is based on bmp085.c by Christoph Mair.

Hmm,  the implementation looks fine, but I don't think we should add support
for new devices with a one-off interface that we know is getting replaced by
something generic.

Why is this not using IIO for its user interface?

	Arnd
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