From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:33:12 -0600 From: Grant Likely To: Wolfgang Grandegger Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support for DS75 thermal sensor Message-ID: <20080717073312.GB30474@secretlab.ca> References: <487754DA.1060207@grandegger.com> <20080711145613.14380360@hyperion.delvare> <487DBB92.1070100@grandegger.com> <20080716113311.384d211e@hyperion.delvare> <487DC457.6000103@grandegger.com> <20080716121059.2dbbfebe@hyperion.delvare> <20080716140807.GB24045@secretlab.ca> <9e4733910807160718y580292abi5f44a05f466fd358@mail.gmail.com> <20080716162942.6fcb526d@hyperion.delvare> <487EF54C.5020007@grandegger.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <487EF54C.5020007@grandegger.com> Sender: Grant Likely Cc: Jean Delvare , Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Alan Clucas , Detlev Zundel , lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 09:31:24AM +0200, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote: > Jean Delvare wrote: >> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:18:26 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: >>> I've found this thread now. Why can't we totally remove probing from >>> i2c-mpc? These are embedded systems, not open boxes like a PC. If a >>> i2c client hasn't been converted to the new model yet, convert it >>> before deploying with the new i2c-mpc driver. It's not very hard to >>> convert the client drivers. >> >> I tend to agree. And the number of unconverted drivers is getting very >> low these days. Only 2 RTC drivers are left, and by the end of the day, >> almost all hwmon drivers will be converted as well. > > Thinking more about it I also prefer removing the I2C_CLASS_HWMON flag > completely. It just affects HWMON devices anyhow and if there is still > an old style driver around, it should be converted. I'm cool with that. g.