linux-kernel - Re: [rfc/patch 02/15] power: bq27200: this is an i2c device

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Date:	Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:47:53 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij@...il.com>
To:	Felipe Balbi <me@...ipebalbi.com>
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [rfc/patch 02/15] power: bq27200: this is an i2c device

2009/7/12 Felipe Balbi <me@...ipebalbi.com>:

> ... with hardcoded device address so i2c subsystem won't
> talk to more than one of those.

So you remove support for multiple instances of this driver, OK.

But theoretically, what happens if you have two different I2C busses
on your system with a battery driver on each?

Can you confirm that that will never happen?

Linus Walleij
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