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From: Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: David Brownell <david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Linux I2C <i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] i2c: Introduce i2c listeners
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:38:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080605103823.7c284726@hyperion.delvare> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910806041742va67401en608c8c4b8c4c11b9-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

Hi Jon,

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:42:00 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On 6/4/08, David Brownell <david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Wrong.  The probe returns zero if it bound, else negative errno.
> >  Those functions don't return booleans.
> 
> You guys are so literal. I should have said return 0 or -ENODEV or
> some other error.

Oh, David is several persons now? ;)

> (...)
> There is is a parallel here. With PowerPC device trees I can put the
> exact address of the i2c device into the board specific device tree.
> Now there's no need to probe addresses. That's equivalent to what's
> happening with ACPI and serial ports. Maybe we'll implement device
> trees on all archs and then we can get rid of i2c device probing.

It's the manufacturer who decide, not us. And at the moment, the PC
architecture isn't using device trees for I2C/SMBus. That's an
unfortunate fact we have to live with.

-- 
Jean Delvare

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-06-05  8:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-04 18:13 [PATCH 0/4] i2c: Introduce i2c listeners Jean Delvare
     [not found] ` <20080604201334.19636f30-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-04 18:18   ` [PATCH 1/4] " Jean Delvare
2008-06-04 18:31   ` [PATCH 2/4] i2c: Convert the lm90 driver to a new-style i2c driver Jean Delvare
2008-06-04 18:33   ` [PATCH 3/4] i2c: Use i2c_listener in driver f75375s Jean Delvare
     [not found]     ` <20080604203322.472f8653-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  8:33       ` Riku Voipio
     [not found]         ` <4847A4E2.9040406-WgUW+8SLYMv1KXRcyAk9cg@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  9:06           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20080605110659.3456fbe4-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-06 10:21               ` Riku Voipio
     [not found]                 ` <48490FA3.8020702-WgUW+8SLYMv1KXRcyAk9cg@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-06 11:38                   ` Jean Delvare
2008-06-04 18:35   ` [PATCH 4/4] i2c: Use i2c_listener in driver lm75 Jean Delvare
2008-06-04 18:55   ` [PATCH 0/4] i2c: Introduce i2c listeners Jon Smirl
     [not found]     ` <9e4733910806041155n7551ac74lf29c8a32163ec09a-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-04 19:28       ` Jon Smirl
     [not found]         ` <9e4733910806041228i330e145q439d3ee43494f4c4-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-04 21:33           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20080604233335.13459512-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-04 23:11               ` Jon Smirl
     [not found]                 ` <9e4733910806041611l41832e07p4f55424be0ef5ea0-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  0:10                   ` David Brownell
     [not found]                     ` <200806041710.59338.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  0:42                       ` Jon Smirl
     [not found]                         ` <9e4733910806041742va67401en608c8c4b8c4c11b9-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  2:21                           ` David Brownell
     [not found]                             ` <200806041921.26293.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  4:04                               ` Jon Smirl
     [not found]                                 ` <9e4733910806042104l70cf8a30sc6329b1c3016c879-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  8:18                                   ` David Brownell
     [not found]                                     ` <200806050118.23706.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05 14:55                                       ` Jon Smirl
     [not found]                                         ` <9e4733910806050755n3835d20xfc4d018c2222d5d3-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05 17:00                                           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                                             ` <20080605190034.16f06604-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05 17:34                                               ` Jon Smirl
     [not found]                                                 ` <9e4733910806051034k2e40082focaaa03b124fcd4ad-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05 18:29                                                   ` Jean Delvare
2008-06-05  8:49                                   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                                     ` <20080605104914.2dd622b2-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05 14:30                                       ` Jon Smirl
2008-06-05  8:38                           ` Jean Delvare [this message]
2008-06-05  9:05                   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                     ` <20080605110502.76f0f606-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05 14:59                       ` Jon Smirl
2008-06-05  0:03               ` Trent Piepho
     [not found]                 ` <Pine.LNX.4.58.0806041638080.10290-13q4cmjDBaTP3RPoUHIrnuTW4wlIGRCZ@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  0:27                   ` David Brownell
     [not found]                     ` <200806041727.51746.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  0:40                       ` Trent Piepho
     [not found]                         ` <Pine.LNX.4.58.0806041731250.10290-13q4cmjDBaTP3RPoUHIrnuTW4wlIGRCZ@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  2:14                           ` David Brownell
     [not found]                             ` <200806041914.27291.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  7:08                               ` Trent Piepho
     [not found]                                 ` <Pine.LNX.4.58.0806042349251.10290-13q4cmjDBaTP3RPoUHIrnuTW4wlIGRCZ@public.gmane.org>
2008-06-05  8:15                                   ` David Brownell
2008-06-05  8:16                           ` Jean Delvare
2008-06-05  0:45                       ` Jon Smirl
2008-06-04 21:12       ` Jean Delvare
2008-06-06  2:47   ` David Brownell

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