[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCHES] Frontend kernel i2c conversion.

[Johannes Stezenbach <js@convergence.de>]

Kenneth Aafløy wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 July 2004 21:08, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> > wouldn't it be better to replace the from-scratch list-and-device
> > handling in dvb_i2c.[hc] by the driver/bus infrastructure in 2.6 that
> > provides the same functionality

Holger, what exactly do you mean here?

> > and to rename every dvb_i2c occurence by
> > dvb_uC in order to mirror the additional flexibility of this code?
> 
> I'm not sure anymore..does anyone else have an oppinion on this before I do 
> the rest of the conversions?

The goal was to get sysfs support for firmware loading. And people
on lkml also perceived dvb_i2c as a duplication of code from the
i2c driver layer, and wanted it to be removed.


Johannes