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Albrecht Dreß wrote:
> Make the I2C adapter timeout configurable through a Device Tree property
> which gives the timeout in microseconds.

My understanding is that software properties should not be defined via
the device tree. I think a sysfs entry is more appropriate.

Wolfgang.

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Albrecht Dre=DF wrote:
> Make the I2C adapter timeout configurable through a Device Tree property
> which gives the timeout in microseconds.

My understanding is that software properties should not be defined via
the device tree. I think a sysfs entry is more appropriate.

Wolfgang.