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From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:43:28 -0600
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3] i2c: add i2c_core and prepare for new
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Mike Frysinger wrote:
> that's only needed if you expect the pointer to stay valid across calls.  i 
> don't think it does for most (all?) drivers.

True, but it's hard to know sometimes when it's needed.  I do it in my
code just to be sure.

Regardless, I still think the idea of a "current" i2c bus is flawed.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale