Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:41:11 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i2c: Single-wire Serial Bus Interface for Qualcomm MSM chipsets |
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Hi!
> >>This bus driver supports the Single-wire Serial Bus Interface (SSBI) > >>controller in the Qualcomm MSM SOCs. SSBI is not an I2C but is > >>functionally related enough such that it is able to leaverage the I2C > >>framework. > >> > >>Unlike I2C, SSBI is a point-to-point connection, and therefore there is no > >>need to specify a slave device address. The SSBI implementation > >>overrides the slave device address to be a device register address > > > >Then perhaps it should not go to drivers/i2c? > > I'd like to make use of the i2c framework rather than implement > something else. Are you suggesting that the driver reside elsewhere > (i.e. mach-msm) or that the driver not use the i2c framework?
I believe it should go elsewere at the very least. drivers/ssbi ?
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