RE: [PATCH v2 0/2] Add a property in at24.c

From: Yeh, Andy
Date: Tue Jun 26 2018 - 12:21:33 EST


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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Add a property in at24.c
>
> On Tue, 2018-06-26 at 15:30 +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > 2018-06-26 15:23 GMT+02:00 Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxx
> > tel.com>:
> > > On Tue, 2018-06-26 at 14:36 +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > > 2018-06-26 14:14 GMT+02:00 Andy Shevchenko
> > > > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > > > On Tue, 2018-06-26 at 09:41 +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > > > > What is your use case exactly? Do you have an EEPROM model
> > > > > > that's not yet supported explicitly in the driver? Why would
> > > > > > you need this option?
> > > > >
> > > > > The current at24 driver has no address width support, thus,
> > > > > reusing same
> > > > > (allocated) IDs (non-DT case) is hard.
> > >
> > > ^^^^^
> > >
> > > > Every supported compatible has the width already specified in its
> > > > corresponding chip data.
> > >
> > >
> > > Please, read again carefully what I wrote before.
> > >
> >
> > Ok makes sense in that case. Could you just point me towards an
> > example model which has the address width different than the default
> > for its type?
>
> AFAIK, it's a companion device inside the camera voice coil IC, i.e.
> DONGWOON DW9714.
>

Nope, actually it is DW9807 instead, which is used on a Samsung Chromebook.

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