From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Lawnick Subject: Re: Request for Clarification: old - legacy - new driver model Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:16:46 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20090218173645.GD3049@pengutronix.de> <20090220135300.353cd53a@hyperion.delvare> <20090225090002.2c31dbf1@hyperion.delvare> <20090226142854.2b6f72e4@hyperion.delvare> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090226142854.2b6f72e4-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-i2c-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org Jean Delvare said the following: > Hi Michael, > > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:09:52 +0100, Michael Lawnick wrote: >> Therefore I asked for links in the OP so I can understand the idea of >> the so called 'new I2C model'. The kernel documentation seems not to be >> sufficient to achieve my goals. >> Currently I'm waiting for 2 MUXes and an LM75, so I can connect them to >> our current MUX-less board and start to play. > > The documentation might not be perfect, right. It should become clearer > once we get completely rid of the legacy model. Contributions to > enhance the documentation are welcome, too. > Just in short: Don't feel criticized here. The documentation feels excellent for making new devices. But what I'm searching for are 'inner' documents, which AFAICS LINUX lacks almost completely. Kind Regards, Michael