On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 06:17:19AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > the commands directory doesn't even have an i2c.c source file, so
> > it's clearly safe to remove this reference. although i'm assuming
> > that, at some point down the road, there will be an "i2c" command
> > since that would be useful.
>
> Ok, applied.
>
> Is a i2c command really useful? For I2C eeproms you would create an
> epprom driver which creates a file under /dev/ which you can then
> access using the usual mm/mw commands. Maybe an i2c command could be
> useful to register a new device on an I2C bus.
i'm not sure -- maybe it *isn't* all that useful. if at some point
it becomes useful, we can always put this back in. from the original
u-boot, i recall being able to at least run "i2c probe" or something
like that.
in any event, that doesn't exist now so no big deal.
rday
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