Platform driver for PCA9564
Hello,
I just finished a platform driver for the PCA9564. On the way, I had to change some things in i2c-algo-pca.[ch], too (like adding private data, support for a reset routine and such). My question now is if the i2c-pca-isa driver has to be adapted to the new algorithm or will it be replaced by the platform driver anyway?
Thanks in advance,
Wolfram
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Dipl.-Ing. Wolfram Sang | http://www.pengutronix.de Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry _______________________________________________ i2c mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/i2c
Hi Wolfram,
Quoted 5 lines · Wolfram Sang
I just finished a platform driver for the PCA9564. On the way, I had to change some things in i2c-algo-pca.[ch], too (like adding private data, support for a reset routine and such). My question now is if the i2c-pca-isa driver has to be adapted to the new algorithm or will it be replaced by the platform driver anyway?
I don't know. I don't know on which systems the i2c-pca-isa driver is used these days, so I don't know if these can instantiate platform devices easily. I guess it shouldn't be too difficult to update the i2c-pca-isa driver so that it still works after your changes, then you can tag it as deprecated, and we wait for 6 months or so before we remove it?
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Hi Jean,
Quoted 4 lines · Jean Delvare
devices easily. I guess it shouldn't be too difficult to update the i2c-pca-isa driver so that it still works after your changes, then you can tag it as deprecated, and we wait for 6 months or so before we remove it?
Okay, I will try my very best to adapt the ISA-driver to the new PCA-algorithm. The drawback is that I cannot test the ISA driver lacking the apropriate hardware. I will try contacting the original maintainer and ask if he can test it.
Patches will come later this day hopefully.
All the best!
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Dipl.-Ing. Wolfram Sang | http://www.pengutronix.de Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry _______________________________________________ i2c mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/i2c