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From: Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c driver for Maxim max9485 audio clock generator chip
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:38:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081022083847.5216472c@hyperion.delvare> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910810211657s5e25e391p5ca6e6f672d115c5-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:57:09 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Honestly I don't see any value in this driver. There's nothing you can
> > do with it that you couldn't already do without it.
> 
> I need a driver so that my device tree will bind and tell me the i2c
> address of the device.

This is rubbish. It's perfectly fine to let the I2C device be
instantiated from the device tree without having a driver that binds to
it. The device tree and the instantiated device, not the driver, tell
you the I2C address of the device.

> We may also build a device in the future with two of these chips.

I fail to see how it matters.

-- 
Jean Delvare

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-10-22  6:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-21  3:02 [PATCH] i2c driver for Maxim max9485 audio clock generator chip Jon Smirl
2008-10-21  8:36 ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]   ` <20081021103607.78ffb4da-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-21 23:57     ` Jon Smirl
     [not found]       ` <9e4733910810211657s5e25e391p5ca6e6f672d115c5-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-22  6:38         ` Jean Delvare [this message]
     [not found]           ` <20081022083847.5216472c-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-10-22 16:38             ` Jon Smirl
2008-10-21  8:45 ` Ben Dooks

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