Re: i2c tuner initialization

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:36:59 +0100 (BST)

> * It may introduce address clashes that could be avoided with a better
> interface. Suppose I have two different i2c busses in my computer. Each of
> these busses are connected to one or more devices, but there is a device A
> on the bus 1 and a device B on the bus 2 that have the same address. These

That isnt likely to be a problem in the first place because addresses are
assigned to functions in general. In the second case the bus has an identity
value so a driver can spot if the bus is one it will be found on

I don't see any bugs right now

Alan

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