[PATCH] New driver-id for radeon-i2c

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agreed.
Khali?

Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 06:47:51PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> 
>>>On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 06:58:47PM +0200, Kronos wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi Greg,
>>>>I forgot to cc you when I sent the radeonfb-i2c patch to fbdev. I
>>>>need a new driver-id:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--- linux-2.6.vanilla/include/linux/i2c-id.h	Tue Jul 15 14:27:55
>>>>2003+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/i2c-id.h	Wed Aug 20 19:22:58 2003
>>>>@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
>>>> #define I2C_DRIVERID_24LC32A	51	/* Microchip 24LC32A 32k EEPROM	*/
>>>> #define I2C_DRIVERID_STM41T00	52	/* real time clock		*/
>>>> #define I2C_DRIVERID_UDA1342	53	/* UDA1342 audio codec		*/
>>>>+#define I2C_DRIVERID_RADEON	54	/* I2C bus on Radeon boards	*/
>>>
>>>Thanks, I've given you the id of 55, as someone else is already using
>>>54.  I'll send the patch on to Linus in a few days.
>>
>>Hey, wait a minute. *We* (the LM Sensors group) are the authority for
>>giving the IDs. And we gave 54 for Radeon. Whoever else is using 54 has
>>no right to do so. So, please use 54 for Radeon in 2.6 too, and ask the
>>other person to contact us to get an ID (which will probably be 55).
> 
> 
> Ah, the joys of trying to control a codebase that is out of your control :)
> 
> It looks like the big zoran driver update that went into the 2.6 kernel
> tree added an id for number 54:
> 	#define I2C_DRIVERID_ADV7170	54	/* video encoder	*/
> 
> As that driver also has 3 other ids, I guess they got there first.
> 
> I've cced the person who sent in the patch to Linus for this driver.
> 
> Personally, I think we should just make the Radeon #55 as I've done in
> the 2.6 tree and move on, we all have better things to do with our
> time...
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 



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