From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mallaury.nerim.net (smtp-105-friday.noc.nerim.net [62.4.17.105]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95399DDF10 for ; Sat, 19 May 2007 01:15:39 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 17:15:55 +0200 From: Jean Delvare To: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: [i2c] [PATCH 3/5] powerpc: Document device nodes for I2C devices. Message-ID: <20070518171555.543f9bdc@hyperion.delvare> In-Reply-To: <5B363A90-5528-4441-BBF9-9C6D8833D938@kernel.crashing.org> References: <20070517143846.GC29795@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> <464C800C.20400@freescale.com> <464C871C.4090300@freescale.com> <5B363A90-5528-4441-BBF9-9C6D8833D938@kernel.crashing.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, i2c@lm-sensors.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi Kumar, On Thu, 17 May 2007 12:21:02 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote: > The only support we have for i2c controllers is to support one > specific i2c controller from Freescale. > > If you aren't going to provide a complete solution why are you > prosing one? I'm tired of this put stuff in the device tree but only > as much as I need to do my particular thing. This is exactly how free software development works. If people were only proposing complete solutions, Linux would not even exist. Things happen exactly because people write what they need and contribute what they wrote. If you think it's not enough for your own needs (present or future), then _you_ get to do the extra work. Thanks, -- Jean Delvare