New i2c driver for ETX-mgx board from Kontron

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It could be a good example for embedded folks,
so send it over, why not.
thanks


Bob Weber wrote:
> Hello Mark.
> 
> The Kontron board is an x86-based board designed for embedded
> applications. Most of what I read on the website seems geared towards
> PCs, but i2c is big in the embedded world, and I'd personally like to
> see such drivers supported on the website too. 
> 
> If you'll put it on the website, I'll send you the file and patches. I
> think someone would find it useful. But, it is not really a general
> interest board. Let me know what you think.
> 
> - Bob
> 
> On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 16:41, Mark D. Studebaker wrote:
> 
>>You can contribute by sending us a patch against CVS or against a 2.5 kernel.
>>See also doc/developers/new-drivers in lm_sensors.
>>However if the driver is not of general interest
>>(I myself have never heard of Kontron, and GPIO bit-banger drivers
>>are generally non-standard) then it may not be worth
>>putting into CVS or the kernel.
>>
>>
>>Bob Weber wrote:
>>
>>>Hello. I recently wrote (ported, actually) an i2c driver for the ETX-mgx
>>>board from Kontron. This board uses a Winbond chip for I/O. The I2c
>>>driver bit-bangs a couple I/O pins. 
>>>
>>>How do I contribute this to the lm_sensors project? Besides the driver,
>>>I modified Config.in and Makefile in the kernel drivers directory, and
>>>i2c-id.h in the include/linux directory.
>>>
>>>- Bob Weber
>>>  R&B Embedded Technologies
>>>  email: bweber at imsconsultants.com
>>>  email: rjweber at ieee.org
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 



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