From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean Delvare Subject: Re: [PATCH]i2c-dev: add ioctls PROBE and REMOVE Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:07:16 +0100 Message-ID: <20090327150716.094666d1@hyperion.delvare> References: <49CB43E0.2050503@gmx.de> <49CCA82F.90106@gmx.de> <20090327134034.754908b5@hyperion.delvare> <49CCD0FC.9030500@gmx.de> <20090327145726.13c99aed@hyperion.delvare> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090327145726.13c99aed-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-i2c-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Michael Lawnick Cc: linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:57:26 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:13:32 +0100, Michael Lawnick wrote: > > What is your time line? > > Getting rid of the legacy binding model has higher priority and is far > from being done. I also must take care of Rodolfo's multiplexer > support, which a lot of people have been asking for, and which might as > well be what you really need. The above interface comes next, I can't > give it higher priority as the same can already be achieved today using > module parameters for most drivers. BTW, if you don't want your problem to be overlooked, I strongly suggest that you create yourself a wiki account on http://i2c.wiki.kernel.org/, create a page describing the problem and its proposed solution, and link to it from the "Work in progress" section. -- Jean Delvare