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From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Subject: Re: qestion about I2C_CLASS_HWMON flag
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:37:07 +0200
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Hi Francis,

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering why does this flag exist ?
>
> Why is a hw monitor device so special so that an I2C bus needs
> a flag to tell the rest of the world that it support it ?

I don't understand your point. We have I2C_CLASS flags for many I2C
device types (analog TV, digital TV, etc.) I2C_CLASS_HWMON isn't the
exception you describe. Look at <linux/i2c.h> for a list of these flags.

-- 
Jean Delvare