Re: [Bug 35572] eeprom module: modprobing hangs

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On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 16:17:42 +0200, Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For the long term, I think that the i2c implementation of i915 should
> be reworked. Having two i2c adapters per actual bus, one for hardware
> controlled and one for software controlled, is confusing and dangerous.
> And creating a bus on the fly in the middle of a transaction is just as
> bad. If you really can't instantiate only the one you need, then you
> should instantiate the software controlled one (i2c_bit_add_adapter),
> then update the algorithm to switch to hardware controlled where
> possible, and ultimately undo that update if the hardware controller
> turns out to be non-working. I can't write the code as I don't have any
> supported piece of hardware and I'm not familiar with the code, but I
> can help review any patch if you want.

Reading email, in reverse order...

Thanks Jean, I will try to do you've outlined.
-Chris

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