On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Jean Delvare wrote: > My first impression is that the ADT7476 is partly compatible with the > ADT7467/ADT7468, which is itself partly compatible with the ADT7463, > which is an improved version of the ADM1027, which is itself mostly > compatible with the National Semiconductor LM85. We have a driver > (lm85) which covers the LM85, ADM1027 and ADT7463. If we want to > support the ADT7467/ADT7468 and ADT7476, I think we should start a new > driver. The lm85 driver already supports many chips, let's not add to > the mess. Well, that really depends on how the newer chips differ. If they have *extra* functionality only (as opposed to *different* functionality) over whatever is already there for the amd1027 and emc6d102, it could be actually better to support them on the lm85 driver. Less duplicate code to keep track of. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
