From: khali@linux-fr.org (Jean Delvare) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:28:26 +0000 Subject: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] Support for Barco LTP->DVI parport I2C Message-Id: <20051123222910.107c1bee.khali@linux-fr.org> List-Id: References: <87oe4d4uit.fsf@48ers.dk> In-Reply-To: <87oe4d4uit.fsf@48ers.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org Hi Peter, > Jean> Is there any reason why someone outside of Barco would use that > Jean> interface and driver? > > Realistically no. I could provide the schematics and someone could > make their own prints, but as all of the parport boards are pretty > much the same anyway, it doesn't really have any advantages compared > to the one in Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-parport. > > The reason why I would like it included is simply that it doesn't > harm anyone and it would make it easier for us since it's used by > several people - some without much Linux mojo, so having it in the > mainline kernel would be nice instead of having to patch the kernels. OK, fair enough, I was thinking quite the same. The overhead is indeed so thin it's not even worth arguing about. > Jean> May I have a Barco device for free, just to test the driver? :) > Jean> Just kidding... > > I'll see what I can do.. Come on, I was *really* kidding :) You don't even need to try and corrupt me, your patch is already accepted as far as I am concerned. Thanks, -- Jean Delvare