Re: [RESEND PATCH 0/9] eeprom: at24: at24cs series serial number read

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>>>>> "Bartosz" == Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

 > Chips from the at24cs EEPROM series have an additional read-only memory area
 > containing a factory pre-programmed serial number. In order to access it, a
 > dummy write must be executed before reading the serial number bytes.

 > This series adds support for reading the serial number through a sysfs
 > attribute.

 > While we're at it: some of the patches contain readability tweaks and code
 > organization fixes.

 > Tested with at24cs64 and at24cs02 chips (for both 16 and 8 bit address
 > pointers).

As the serial number is available on a separate i2c address, wouldn't
it be simpler to handle these as special (read only) device variants and
instantiate E.G. a 24c64 (for the normal data) and a 24cs64 (for the
serial)?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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