Re: [PATCH] i2c multiplexer driver for Proliant microserver N36L

[Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Eddi,

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 17:42:16 +0100, Eddi De Pieri wrote:
> Actually I don't have a development system with latest git. I build my
> patch on my debian with 2.6.32 kernel..
> 
> The patch is based on i2c-amd756-s4882.c and adapted to work with sb8xx...
> 
> i2c-amd756-s4882.c is still present and don't use i2c-mux infrastructure.

That's because i2c-amd756-s4882.c was written before the i2c-mux
infrastructure was available. Ideally SMBus multiplexing support on the
Tyan S4882 would be converted to i2c-mux (i.e. i2c-amd756-s4882.c would
be deleted and the multiplexer would be instantiated in i2c-amd756.c
itself, based on DMI data.) This shouldn't be particularly difficult,
the real difficulty is to find someone with one of these boards to test
the changes.

> However if you are interested in porting my work to latest git, you
> will be welcome!

That's not how it works, sorry. Submissions must be based on a recent
kernel in order to be accepted upstream. If you want SMBus multiplexing
support on your system, it will have to be based on i2c-mux, because
that's how things work now. Otherwise I will not accept your code.

-- 
Jean Delvare