Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/9] eeprom: at24: at24cs series serial number read

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

2015-12-11 14:55 GMT+01:00 Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 2015-12-11 13:08 GMT+01:00 Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 11:25:17AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>>> Chips from the at24cs EEPROM series have an additional read-only memory area
>>> containing a factory pre-programmed serial number. In order to access it, a
>>> dummy write must be executed before reading the serial number bytes.
>>
>> Can't you instantiate a read-only EEPROM on this second address? Or a
>> seperate driver attaching to this address? What is the advantage of
>> having this in at24?
>>
>
> The regular memory area and serial number read-only block share the
> internal address pointer. We must ensure that there's no race
> conditions between normal EEPROM reads/writes and serial number reads.
>
> Best regards,
> Bartosz Golaszewski

Hi Wolfram,

any chance of getting it in for 4.5?

Best regards,
Bartosz Golaszewski
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