Re: PATCH 2.3.23 pre 2 compile fixes

Matthew Wilcox (Matthew.Wilcox@genedata.com)
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:00:03 +0200

On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 12:42:18PM +1000, Michael Cummins wrote:
> > But about: What are the fields in the structs, what's the I2C interface
> and such.
> > Just a few random comment notes in the code itself... would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> I2C is a new two wire bus system mainly for controlling remote equipment
> isn't it. Like home automation and such I thought.
> I think Honda use it in some of their top-end cars as well.

I2C has certainly been around since before 1987 since Acorn put an I2C
interface into machines they produced at the time. I've heard it was
designed by Phillips and is frequently used by audio manufacturers.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox <willy@bofh.ai>
"Windows and MacOS are products, contrived by engineers in the service of
specific companies. Unix, by contrast, is not so much a product as it is a
painstakingly compiled oral history of the hacker subculture." - N Stephenson


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