Re: [PATCH 7/9] tda1004x DVB frontend update

[Ralph Metzler]

Michael Hunold writes:
 > Yes. But as I wrote in the mail to Christoph, we currently don't have a 
 > chance to use some in-kernel structure (pci device, i2c bus) that 
 > automatically exports the firmware loading magic through sysfs.
 > 
 > Because of this, we would have to write our own sysfs backend for the 
 > dvb i2c subsystem, in order to get proper firmware loading support.
 > 
 > As I already mentioned in another mail, we want to go back to the kernel 
 > i2c subsystem.
 > 
 > Currently, the stuff is running quite stable and is "in use".
 > 
 > Changing the i2c subsystem would require changes in all frontend drivers 
 > + plus in the dvb drivers exporting the i2c facilities.


I converted back to using normal i2c a long time ago (as soon as I was
"free to") but nobody ever was interested ... 
You can see how to do it in my DVB drivers, at least for the cards
I am supporting.

Ralph

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