Hello: * Hans-J?rgen Koch <hjk at linutronix.de> [2007-04-04 23:32:34 +0200]: > Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2007 21:49 schrieb Hans-J?rgen Koch: > > I'm working on a driver for LM93. I've got some code by Mark Hoffman, (c)2004. > > It doesn't compile on a recent kernel, because it heavily uses a function called > > i2c_smbus_read_block_data(). Googling for that, I found this old mail in the > > archives (October 2005): > > > > http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/2005-October/013971.html > > > > Jean, what do you say to that today? Can we have that function back in > > mainline, or do I have to find another solution? > > If you agree to add it, I could prepare a patch for it, if you don't have > > a recent version handy. > > Answering my own question: After looking at i2c-core.c et al., I find it quite > obvious that this function should be added, if a driver needs it. > > I attached a patch that does this. Would that be acceptable? I can resend it > when I have the LM93 patch ready. I think if you put it in the same patchset with lm93.c, that will be fine. Jean: I can do the initial review of this one for you when it's ready. Regards, -- Mark M. Hoffman mhoffman at lightlink.com
