> 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).

So, my tests so far went nicely and looking more at the patches didn't
reveal any major discussion point. So:

Reviewed-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
Tested-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>

I'd vote also for an early removal. The code cleanup is too nice and
i2cget is, in deed, the better place for mode 's'.