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On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:14:00 -0600
"Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:

> No; use an alias in the aliases node.  That is what aliases is
> designed for.  Something like 'index' is a reinvention of the wheel.

If we really want to get rid of the index, I like the alias method. I
mainly write drivers, so I don't know register addresses. I just read
the spec and it says device A is on i2c bus 2. That is why I went with
the index. Calling get_i2c_apapter(2) makes sense.

However, calling get_i2c_adapter("IIC2"), just as a made up example,
makes just as much sense.

Cheers,
   Sean