2015-12-11 14:55 GMT+01:00 Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 2015-12-11 13:08 GMT+01:00 Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 11:25:17AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: >>> 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. >> >> Can't you instantiate a read-only EEPROM on this second address? Or a >> seperate driver attaching to this address? What is the advantage of >> having this in at24? >> > > The regular memory area and serial number read-only block share the > internal address pointer. We must ensure that there's no race > conditions between normal EEPROM reads/writes and serial number reads. > > Best regards, > Bartosz Golaszewski Hi Wolfram, any chance of getting it in for 4.5? Best regards, Bartosz Golaszewski -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
