Hi Jean,

> The idea would be to get the first 6 patches in the upcoming i2c-tools
> v4.3, and apply the 7th patch "later" (either immediately after that
> release, or some time later, I'm not sure).

I agree with this approach.

I had a glimpse at the patches and think they look good so far. I would
have squashed patches 1+2, but this minor, of course. I'll try to test
them this weekend, too. Let's see...