Re: [PATCH 0/1] Platform: x86: chromeos_laptop - convert to i2c_driver to handle i915 race

Benson Leung
2013-08-07T22:00:24Z

Hi Martin,

On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Martin Nordholts <enselic@gmail.com> wrote:
> ... I must admit I did not see this. I realize that this makes my
> patch a dead end. I wish I would have seen that earlier, that would
> have saved time for everyone. My apologies.
>
> Regarding the interaction with non-i2c devices in chromeos_laptop, I
> was thinking that could perhaps have been solved by putting the i2c
> stuff in a separate driver, say chromeos_laptop_i2c, but that point is
> irrelevant now that you pointed out that the use of the
> detect()-method is discouraged by the documentation.
>
> Thank you again for reviewing the patch and for providing feedback.

No problem at all. Thank you for your interest in our project, actually!

If you get a chance, could you let me know if my deferred probe
changes work well in your configuration?

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Benson Leung
Software Engineer, Chrom* OS
bleung@chromium.org