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