Re: [PATCH v5 7/8] media: i2c: add DS90UB913 driver

[Tomi Valkeinen]

On 14/12/2022 08:29, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:

> > wondering if the struct device of the DS90UB913 could be passed instead
> > of the port, to avoid passing the port throught
> > ds90ub9xx_platform_data.
>
> Interesting thought. That would limit the number of remote i2c busses to 
> one, though. Not a problem for FPD-Link, but I wonder if that's assuming 
> too much for the future users. Then again, this is an in-kernel API so 
> we could extend it later if needed. So I'll try this out and see if I 
> hit any issues.

Right, so the issue with this one would be that it would prevent a 
single device uses. E.g. a single chip which acts as an ATR (similar to 
i2c-mux chips), i.e. it contains both the main and the remote i2c busses.

 Tomi