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

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Fri Dec 11 2015 - 07:08:47 EST


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?

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