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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:13:04 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 01:09:03PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> 
> > as this is a i2c_driver, why isn't it in drivers/i2c/ somewhere?  Why
> > misc?
> 
> Because drivers/i2c is only for I2C controllers and this is not a
> controller. Other address translators also reside in their respective
> subsystem, e.g. media for GMSL (de-)serializers. I don't know this chip,
> maybe it has no "respective" subsystem and, thus, misc?

Ok, but that should be explained in the changelog please :)

thanks,

greg k-h