> I don't know. I was not the one that extracted the firmware. I guess > Antti did it. Ok. > That's a really bad solution. Returning 0xff is what happens when > things go wrong during I2C transfers. Several problems can cause it, > including device misfunction. Every time someone comes with a patch > trying to ignore it, things go sideways for other devices (existing > or future ones). > > Ignoring errors is always a bad idea. I understand. Anyway, I have to give up for now. Maybe I will have some time in the future to come back to this or somebody else can use the information in this thread. :( Thanks for your time, I appreciate that very much. It was worth a try. :) -- g