Re: [PATCH] eeprom: add non-cached sysfs read access to EEPROM data

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On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:45:21 -0700, Petri Gynther wrote:
> In 2.6.25, I used this patch successfully for read-only access to some
> SFP EEPROMs:
> - 0x50 - vendor/part info (caching OK)
> - 0x51 - real-time diagnostics data (caching not OK)
> 
> I only care about read-only access to these EEPROMs. And, actually, I
> don't want to provide write access at all.
> 
> In 2.6.31, I'd like to continue using this same legacy driver for SFP
> EEPROM access, with the option of bypassing the cache.

This is not going to happen, sorry. "eeprom" is a legacy driver and we
certainly don't want to enhance it in any way. The "at24" driver is
much easier to extend as it was designed that way from the ground up.
You can add a SFP EEPROM type to it (whatever it is) and have the
driver automatically set the access to read-only and the caching
strategy for each part of the EEPROM.

I'm curious, why do you insist on using the eeprom driver?

-- 
Jean Delvare
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