Re: [PATCH] i2c: Single-wire Serial Bus Interface for Qualcomm MSMchipsets

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Aug 10 2010 - 17:41:26 EST


Hi!

> >>This bus driver supports the Single-wire Serial Bus Interface (SSBI)
> >>controller in the Qualcomm MSM SOCs. SSBI is not an I2C but is
> >>functionally related enough such that it is able to leaverage the I2C
> >>framework.
> >>
> >>Unlike I2C, SSBI is a point-to-point connection, and therefore there is no
> >>need to specify a slave device address. The SSBI implementation
> >>overrides the slave device address to be a device register address
> >
> >Then perhaps it should not go to drivers/i2c?
>
> I'd like to make use of the i2c framework rather than implement
> something else. Are you suggesting that the driver reside elsewhere
> (i.e. mach-msm) or that the driver not use the i2c framework?

I believe it should go elsewere at the very least. drivers/ssbi ?

Pavel
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