From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753529AbbEHS2n (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2015 14:28:43 -0400 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:39506 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752896AbbEHS2m (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2015 14:28:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 20:28:31 +0200 From: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= To: Randy Grunwell Cc: "linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-sh@vger.kernel.org" , Magnus Damm , Simon Horman , Laurent Pinchart , Geert Uytterhoeven , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Wolfram Sang , Jean Delvare Subject: Re: [RFC] i2c-tools: i2ctransfer: add new tool Message-ID: <20150508182831.GN12671@pengutronix.de> References: <1425053816-19804-1-git-send-email-wsa@the-dreams.de> <20150507220812.3776bb83@endymion.delvare> <20150508105401.223a8598@endymion.delvare> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:67c:670:100:1d::c0 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ukl@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Randy, On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 03:28:19PM +0000, Randy Grunwell wrote: > I'm curious why this would not be an extension of the i2c read and write commands? Would it not make sense to add a tier above "Block" (perhaps "Extended"), and use the same syntax? > > Forgive me if this is out of place - I'm quite new, both here and to Linux/C. one thing you should look into is how you quote mails correctly and please don't top-post. Also breaking long lines after ~72 chars is usually done. These requests might seem picky, but they simplify things for people reading several hundred mails per day. Best regards Uwe -- Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-König | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ |