From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Trent Piepho Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [patch 2.6.27-rc7] i2c: smbalert# support Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:43:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <200804161434.54335.laurentp@cse-semaphore.com> <200809251902.00201.david-b@pacbell.net> <200810171204.54448.david-b@pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4081461398886312990==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200810171204.54448.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: i2c-bounces-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: i2c-bounces-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org To: David Brownell Cc: lm-sensors-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org, Trent Piepho , i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org --===============4081461398886312990== Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, David Brownell wrote: > ... just to recap this before I scrub old mail from my mbox: > > On Friday 26 September 2008, Trent Piepho wrote: > > > It's not a question of the I2C adapter supporting it. =A0It's a > > > question of whether there's an SMBALERT# signal on your board, > > > which can generate an interrupt. =A0If it can, this patch has an > > > IRQ handler which implements the SMBus alert protocol. =A0Think > > > of it as sideband signaling ... unknown to that adapter. > > > > If nothing is alerting, then the read from the ARA address won't get an= ack. > > Absolutely nothing you've said makes a real argument against > providing support for SMBALERT#. Which isn't surprising, since I wasn't trying to make an argument against providing support for SMBALERT#. I was making an argument for why it might be necessary to do something else. --===============4081461398886312990== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ i2c mailing list i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/i2c --===============4081461398886312990==--