Re: REVIEW: bttv conversion to v4l2_subdev

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On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 10:28 -0700, Trent Piepho wrote:

> Why are the i2c addresses from various i2c chips moved into the bttv
> driver?  Doesn't it make more sense that the addresses for chip X should be
> in the driver for chip X?

One reason that this may be undesirable is that the devices can be set
to slightly different addresses via external straps (probably a corner
case, I know).  The bridge driver has the best chance of knowing what
chips are where with certainty.

Regards,
Andy



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