From: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
To: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>,
Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>,
linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] i2c: introduce i2c-cbus driver
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:16:55 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120914121652.GC20659@arwen.pp.htv.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120914100806.GC2630@pengutronix.de>
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:08:06PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 11:23:22PM +0300, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> > Add i2c driver to enable access to devices behind CBUS on Nokia Internet
> > Tablets.
> >
> > The patch also adds CBUS I2C configuration for N8x0 which is one of the
> > users of this driver.
> >
> > Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org
> > Acked-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
> > Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
>
> OK, I found the short paragrahp about CBUS in the I2C spec, so I2C might
> be an appropriate place. Still, before deciding if it should rather be
> in the core directory, I still have a few questions.
>
> Also, does anybody know of a generic bit-banging implementation in the
> kernel which could be used here?
there is i2c-gpio, but it wouldn't help much for cbus, unless we change
it quite a lot. The generic i2c_algo_bit_data would have to be changed
to learn about a 3 wire bus. I guess the impact is much bigger than just
accepting this small, self-contained driver.
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balbi
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-14 12:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-03 20:23 [PATCH 0/4] cbus/retu drivers to mainline Aaro Koskinen
2012-09-03 20:23 ` [PATCH 1/4] i2c: introduce i2c-cbus driver Aaro Koskinen
2012-09-04 9:05 ` Felipe Balbi
2012-09-04 9:31 ` Aaro Koskinen
2012-09-04 11:41 ` Felipe Balbi
2012-09-13 10:53 ` Wolfram Sang
2012-09-13 14:51 ` Aaro Koskinen
2012-09-14 10:08 ` Wolfram Sang
2012-09-14 10:21 ` Jean Delvare
2012-09-14 12:16 ` Felipe Balbi [this message]
2012-09-19 20:08 ` Aaro Koskinen
2012-09-20 10:43 ` Wolfram Sang
2012-09-03 20:23 ` [PATCH 2/4] mfd: introduce retu-mfd driver Aaro Koskinen
2012-09-19 16:02 ` Samuel Ortiz
2012-09-19 20:09 ` Aaro Koskinen
2012-09-03 20:23 ` [PATCH 3/4] watchdog: introduce retu_wdt driver Aaro Koskinen
2012-09-03 20:23 ` [PATCH 4/4] input: misc: introduce retu-pwrbutton Aaro Koskinen
2012-09-04 16:09 ` [PATCH 0/4] cbus/retu drivers to mainline Andi Shyti
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