1) we had a query recently which caused me to think about it a little. We need to add support for ARP and PEC. ARP would probably be a separate module providing support to all SMBus 2.0 adapters. PEC would have to be added in the appropriate places in i2c-core. So I don't think either would touch the adapter drivers too much. Until an SMBus 2.0 sensor chip appears we won't make much progress. Any idea when one will appear on a motherboard or PCI board? 2) Somebody sends a patch to the LKML. I'd say 2-4 times a year. leo.duran at amd.com wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a few questions to which I'd appreciate some answers. > I am a system software developer at AMD, looking to support future > chipsets (south bridges) with SMBus functionality. > > 1) Are there any plans for supporting SMBus v2.0 features such as ARP? > If so, Would that be done in an "adapter driver", or a separate "generic" > driver (assuming functionality is avaliable from "adapter" device).? > > 2) How those the code in your repository makes its way into future > Linux ditributions? Hwo often dows this happen? > > Thanks, > Leo. > leo.duran at amd.com
