From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.zeus03.de (zeus03.de [194.117.254.33]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C378C2E336E for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2025 07:31:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=194.117.254.33 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1743579076; cv=none; b=mACgXkM5ICn/3NLWM1r/EX2gQIuP7U6suyL1+8Pzuinjx/Z8xZNDTJT/TamjeJ7PP/sffKYBET7n8bkZn8DHZiaYoR1GiZ31UzUbRBrane4RArUHWPlE2aeF1llPJER5+Ro6s0pxWzy8Rt5GkSCbv1V4VaThab3x9PCmWzTBUsY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1743579076; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Lh8HemzF+gXxMbgkqE0EedcKYDMPLe/iJtkk2hp62mg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=QJ8dUJ2t1IoZjfMdzZToPfXbOpXKOcNIKKOSDOVkAikdlr81eQGPUd2pLlA2wtHNYwAMTGRGmv0pbjjIZdCBFTQaX8s9XP+Auz7NTR8m+y2SNUkm16N/EXevmPboOGDpc6TzdUfADiopsy9WawlVHwpGMi8QWd8oE3bciX1K8iY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=sang-engineering.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=sang-engineering.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=sang-engineering.com header.i=@sang-engineering.com header.b=HW8x+YzZ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=194.117.254.33 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=sang-engineering.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=sang-engineering.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=sang-engineering.com header.i=@sang-engineering.com header.b="HW8x+YzZ" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= sang-engineering.com; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=k1; bh=ljpb TAUmeFbI3YgPqeVDrRxq7+Vatl38e2qzYdsQiNQ=; b=HW8x+YzZqRY6oyGrUgym smGsxTrPN0vPW7j1bW8I79vMMuAsU2iz7sJcHHsIjtkk0WFSi/MJPaiAJIpud3qN MjPnQ6eqrET0NtxK3RFsu9I34LWM9PwDgTMPvQI48ue2E+i3KQUNIcXw9yzS/F0o SdvDhiwpEMJ/bJvAKETPHhd2YBbJTOKgYN0GDQJRhtNIHNljCJaNQEzan8CbNP7M sAT05HaznedazkDJ3hcp2kFxA50dOe/IKr8TpEFsWCssvENzksefmUuZgmAmy6Nl xttLt4AWpW7V1R0Zf4HOk2mSiCiUISmRubPb5MnLZd17v2ojxVwe0CxpAuiMzKri Ww== Received: (qmail 1881095 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2025 09:31:01 +0200 Received: by mail.zeus03.de with UTF8SMTPSA (TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted, authenticated); 2 Apr 2025 09:31:01 +0200 X-UD-Smtp-Session: l3s3148p1@diiPosYxNIEujnsv Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 09:31:00 +0200 From: Wolfram Sang To: Arijit Kumar Das Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: docs: Clarify I2C controller and target driver requirements Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: Wolfram Sang , Arijit Kumar Das , linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="djE/Hd2VW1gRew39" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --djE/Hd2VW1gRew39 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hi Arijitm > I am a new contributor and am looking to gain initial experience in > contributing to the Linux kernel. Welcome! Enjoy the hacking, it is fun. > This patch improves the I2C documentation by clarifying that each I2C > controller requires separate drivers for its targets. I believe this > small addition makes the documentation clearer for new developers. Frankly, I am not sure it makes something clearer because I myself don't know what you actually mean. You only need to enable a driver for a target once in menuconfig. If you have such targets on multiple busses, then the driver will be reused. You just need to enable it once. Or? All the best, Wolfram --djE/Hd2VW1gRew39 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEOZGx6rniZ1Gk92RdFA3kzBSgKbYFAmfs57AACgkQFA3kzBSg KbavtA//dLzFvUd1v0ZyxSdnCXEd2sSMPYm33EA37N/DJyjsSgMnxdt0fCIaU6dt lJ5zDRdtoqeU2iUFuYrnzBwJDw2z2CrpZu6nnHM9aIXBfSLohR8wR/Cs7jdhdNpL w8QdCDaNidBhjJQGN7cl2f1PFc2ft5B+h1TX9UtVTmDxIzfYnd1pzqdDUk919I+F +pqxlSIo8eqaotLXlgPqmjbR7/dLT+sKaQK7Kgpp3ZL+z6i/q5xxfPjMiyzZhrTG /UcvrVXM/QyPLU4voz5gOm9eJOzX2Ft3iEdbV+HQUcL9A8KcifOWoU28/8TYn5iZ lOvyaenLyjntqx9DtNPYvRELUcHOFV+k5Auue+hihLx/qs+Jpw4Mm4+UjWsMseyT 4PvX8BmYBMcAh1BPWJDVmRpf20K1xk9WZI8aK1jpCArnwjmvOECOue80hfN69H0u djN9Nfewv5QLebyggbMqEZIXGeOQ5MZD0k1WAHCGdGghNzUoNwhSSk3Ahs+y5SfI lLFdrqlJnno54+fdoBBG4usn1R3O6xx5ttp60kCpzRIpQvApm9iKOSvn3YBLp+du 1748drpbkQQJ3DsIAF0uTRpMGySEuCUXPusxZwiYrazEHywdipSW8zp31kg9wXGU 9bBfd18771sm+C927kcA0CUNG61UjAPV/iM1jmGOb9NxWBIQHiw= =iJ/c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --djE/Hd2VW1gRew39--