From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean Delvare Subject: Re: [PATCH] New VID/PID pair for i2c-tiny-usb Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:31:07 +0200 Message-ID: <20080330143107.1575e1bf@hyperion.delvare> References: <200803241042.31263.lists@harbaum.org> <20080326154415.2981961a@hyperion.delvare> <200803272047.21505.lists@harbaum.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200803272047.21505.lists-RcHadlBFbzVAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: i2c-bounces-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: i2c-bounces-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org To: Till Harbaum / Lists Cc: i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org Hi Till, On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:47:21 +0100, Till Harbaum / Lists wrote: > Am Mittwoch 26 M=E4rz 2008 schrieb Jean Delvare: > > Note: your e-mail client is wrapping long lines -> patch doesn't apply. > I thought i've verified that, but obviously it happened anyway. > = > > Please use a single /* */ pair for multi-line comments. > Ok > = > > Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but if you already have a device > > ID, what's the point of switching to another? The original ID is not > > going to be deprecated and/or used for something else, is it? > The original id was donated by ftdi without stating anywhere that the id = has = > to be used with their products. So i used it for the i2c-tiny-usb which = > obviously isn't based on a ftdi chipset. I've been told that ftdi has cha= nged = > that policy lately. While i don't expect them to actually ask me not to u= se = > their id without using the chips i thought it was clever to switch to an = id = > i've explicitely bought to avoid future problems with ftdis new policies. = > I'll change the id from the ftdi ones to the ones i recently bought on al= l my = > projects. Just to avoid future problems as early as possible. > = > Does this make sense? Yes it does, thanks for clarifying. Please send an updated patch and I'll apply it. > Updated patch will follow. Do you plan to phase out the old VID/PID pair? If so, I'll have to send you back my i2c-tiny-usb device for a firmware update. -- = Jean Delvare _______________________________________________ i2c mailing list i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/i2c