From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1NMgWF-0005KX-Ry for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:33:47 +0000 Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:33:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" In-Reply-To: <20091221113052.GG15126@pengutronix.de> Message-ID: References: <20091221113052.GG15126@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] commands: Remove reference to non-existent CONFIG_CMD_I2C. To: Sascha Hauer Cc: "U-Boot Version 2 (barebox)" On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 06:17:19AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day > > > > --- > > > > the commands directory doesn't even have an i2c.c source file, so > > it's clearly safe to remove this reference. although i'm assuming > > that, at some point down the road, there will be an "i2c" command > > since that would be useful. > > Ok, applied. > > Is a i2c command really useful? For I2C eeproms you would create an > epprom driver which creates a file under /dev/ which you can then > access using the usual mm/mw commands. Maybe an i2c command could be > useful to register a new device on an I2C bus. i'm not sure -- maybe it *isn't* all that useful. if at some point it becomes useful, we can always put this back in. from the original u-boot, i recall being able to at least run "i2c probe" or something like that. in any event, that doesn't exist now so no big deal. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox