I was thinking, instead, about an option we could add to all the tools (say -y for "yes") that would skip the warning and the delay. This would make the tools better for use in scripts. Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi all, > > I plan to operate the following changes on isaset and i2cset: > 1* Add an optional mask to the byte being written. > 2* Remove the 5 second delay. > > The idea is that these tools should be usable to fix broken > configurations or tweak the chips above what drivers do. > > In that respect we may need i2cget and isaget someday. > > While we're at it I guess we could remove the 5 second delay from the > other tools as well (i2cdump, isadump and even i2cdetect). I doubt it > really helps. Who reads and understands the command summary anyway? If > you didn't take care of what you typed, there's no reason you will care > much about what the program says. > > Objections? >
