linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Add a property in at24.c

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:41:26 +0200
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To:     alanx.chiang@...el.com
Cc:     linux-i2c <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>, andy.yeh@...el.com,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        andriy.shevchenko@...el.com, rajmohan.mani@...el.com,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Add a property in at24.c

2018-06-26 8:22 GMT+02:00  <alanx.chiang@...el.com>:
> From: "alanx.chiang" <alanx.chiang@...el.com>
>
> In at24.c, it uses 8-bit addressing by default. In this patch,
> add a property address-width that provides a flexible method to
> pass the information to the driver.
>
> alanx.chiang (2):
>   dt-bindings: at24: Add address-width property
>   eeprom: at24: Add support for address-width property
>
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt |  2 ++
>  drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c                        | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>

What is your use case exactly? Do you have an EEPROM model that's not
yet supported explicitly in the driver? Why would you need this
option?

Best regards,
Bartosz Golaszewski