From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Simmons Subject: Re: I2C standalone vs integrated? Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:43:34 +0100 (BST) Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <1066299274.644.130.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 1AAdvp-0008UX-00 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 16:22:53 -0700 Received: from [213.86.99.234] (helo=phoenix.infradead.org) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 1AAXjd-0003dh-5x for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:45:53 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1066299274.644.130.camel@gaston> Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Jon Smirl , Linux Fbdev development list > Regarding the standalone, I'm not too sure about it. I even though about > not using the linux i2c layer at all, it's not very convenient, and we > need to wrap the i2c accesses in all sort of tweaks to make DDC work > properly in all cases (all the stuff in radeon_probe_i2c_connector() > typically). > > I'd rather see things built on top of framebuffer drivers (fbcon staying > something separate). I see us doing something like ALSA did for i2c. I don't think it would be easy to use stand alone i2c drivers. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email sponsored by: Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo The Event For Linux Datacenter Solutions & Strategies in The Enterprise Linux in the Boardroom; in the Front Office; & in the Server Room http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com