Re: [offtopic] Re: I2c was: Cobalt Micro (was Re: Build your own Mo therboards)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 03:00:57 +0100 (BST)

> Why in heavens name would one want to do anything with I2C, unless you
> have specific hardware that uses it? I can't see any rational reason for a

Its a handy way of chaining stupid toys to a PC (thermometer, lcd panel,
doorbell etc)

> Linux driver, unless someone felt a burning need to teach the parallel
> port how to speak I2C (and I don't want to think about the polling
> overhead.)

Its been done.

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