Hi Grant, > Thinking about the fan_div setting, it is a read/modify/write > (RMW) operation to a chip register, should we take action to > prevent another process accessing the chip on i2c during this > RMW action? Can you (or anyone) point out a concrete example where the lack of locking on write could cause a problem that locking would actually resolve? It's better to know what we are trying to fix before we change anything. Thanks, -- Jean Delvare