linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: da9063: occupy second I2C address, too

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:21:16 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Steve Twiss <stwiss.opensource@...semi.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: da9063: occupy second I2C address, too


> Is this a safety clause? What I mean is, shouldn't the hardware design make
> sure there are not two devices located on the same I2C bus with the same slave
> address?

It is more about preventing userspace to accidently access this address,
and thus the registers behind it.


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