Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] i2c: add support for Diolan DLN-2 USB-I2C adapter

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On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 07:07:32PM +0300, Octavian Purdila wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-busses-dln2 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-busses-dln2
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..ad55af6
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-busses-dln2
>
> This is a nonstandard path that does not match the attribute path (or
> any other convention followed under ABI/).
>
> I suggest you rename it
>
>         sysfs-class-i2c-adapter-dln2
>
>> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
>> +What:                /sys/bus/i2c/devices/.../dln2_i2c_freq
>
> I think you should rename the attribute "bus_frequency" and name the
> attribute group "dln2". That way the attribute will show up as
>
>         .../<device>/dln2/bus_frequency
>
> Then the "What:" field should read
>
>         What:           /sys/class/i2c-adapter/<device>/dln2/bus_frequency
>
>> +Date:                September 2014
>> +Contact:     Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@xxxxxxxxx>
>> +Description:
>> +             This attribute shows/sets the frequency (in Hz) of the I2C bus.
>
> I'd reword this "Set the frequency...".
>
> Please also describe under what circumstances this may fail, that is,
> when setting a frequency less than or greater than the min or max
> frequencies reported by the device.
>
> Perhaps you should even consider exporting those two values?
>

I noticed that a few other USB boards support this. Perhaps it is time
to add these entries to the core i2c layer?

In that case I think is better to remove the setting and update the
drievr when the patches for the i2c layer are ready?
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