From: Wolfram Sang <wsa-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public.gmane.org>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux-0h96xk9xTtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eeprom: at24: Add support for large EEPROMs connected to SMBus adapters
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:15:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150325161504.GA29838@katana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5512C213.7030705-0h96xk9xTtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
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Guenter,
thanks for the update
> Ultimately, the real problem is how i2c-dev accesses a client, not how
> i2c client drivers (who assume they have exclusive access to a chip)
> handle multi-command sequences. Forcing extensive locking on all drivers
> because of i2c-dev just doesn't seem to be the right thing to do.
I agree. i2c-dev is too much of a special case.
And since at24 has its own lock (I missed that), your patch might as
well be good enough to be applied, I'd think.
Thanks for this work!
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-04 16:23 [PATCH] eeprom: at24: Add support for large EEPROMs connected to SMBus adapters Guenter Roeck
2015-02-04 17:47 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-02-04 19:08 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-04 23:35 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-02-05 0:26 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-05 14:40 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-02-05 17:53 ` Guenter Roeck
[not found] ` <20150205175326.GA26691-0h96xk9xTtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-12 4:01 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-16 12:09 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-02-16 15:37 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-03-17 4:20 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-03-18 13:27 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-03-19 3:24 ` Guenter Roeck
[not found] ` <550A4162.8000009-0h96xk9xTtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-19 8:16 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-03-19 13:30 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-03-19 17:43 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-03-19 21:39 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-03-25 14:11 ` Guenter Roeck
[not found] ` <5512C213.7030705-0h96xk9xTtrk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-25 16:15 ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2015-03-25 16:37 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-03-27 8:09 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-03-27 12:51 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-03-27 13:01 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-03-27 13:14 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-03-27 15:27 ` Wolfram Sang
2015-03-27 15:42 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-04 20:33 ` Guenter Roeck
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