Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:55:49 +0200 | From | Jean Delvare <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] cirrus-logic-framebuffer-i2c-support.patch |
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> > X has its own i2c functionality which is completely separate from the > > kernel i2c layer. > > Yes, but X11 could use I2C adapter functionality provided by the > kernel.
Yes, it should. Now, go convince the X folks to do so...
In practice, I would guess that both X and the framebuffer drivers only use the I2C/DDC channel to read the monitor's EDID at initialization time, so the risk of concurrent accesses is thin.
Good luck, -- Jean Delvare - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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