From: Ben Dooks <ben-linux-elnMNo+KYs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
To: Andrew Victor <avictor.za-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: David Brownell <david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>,
i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org,
ben-linux-elnMNo+KYs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the i2c-at91.c driver
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:24:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080902102409.GK2716@fluff.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cd73a99e0809010613w40569b3fv9f5fc96a7bfb6a29-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 03:13:14PM +0200, Andrew Victor wrote:
> hi Adrian,
>
> > David Brownell marked this driver as broken in kernel 2.6.24 due to
> > hardware problems.
> >
> > If it depends on BROKEN it can as well be removed.
>
> This driver should be usable on the new AT91SAM9G20 processor.
> Atmel have supposidly resolved all the hardware issues that caused
> this driver to fail.
As a note, it would be worth filtering Adrian's patch to remove the
hardware I2C support from the machines that cannot support it to
avoid people falling into the trap of using a driver that is not
going to function correctly?
--
Ben (ben-elnMNo+KYs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, http://www.fluff.org/)
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-31 16:10 [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the i2c-at91.c driver Adrian Bunk
[not found] ` <20080831161005.GC3695-re2QNgSbS3j4D6uPqz5PAwR5/fbUUdgG@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-01 13:13 ` Andrew Victor
[not found] ` <cd73a99e0809010613w40569b3fv9f5fc96a7bfb6a29-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-02 10:11 ` Ben Dooks
[not found] ` <20080902101127.GJ2716-elnMNo+KYs3pIgCt6eIbzw@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-04 18:55 ` Andrew Victor
[not found] ` <cd73a99e0809041155m1f9e576dt5659da679fffb56d-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-04 19:18 ` David Brownell
[not found] ` <200809041218.49604.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-04 20:14 ` Andrew Victor
[not found] ` <cd73a99e0809041314i54c7fd71ued53270517ecc829-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-04 20:25 ` David Brownell
[not found] ` <200809041325.30330.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-09-22 18:22 ` Andrew Victor
2008-09-02 10:24 ` Ben Dooks [this message]
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