[i2c] [PATCH] Add a new-style driver for most I2C EEPROMs

[David Brownell]

On Monday 02 June 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Not really. The 24C00 might answer to 8 I2C addresses, but how do you
> care? You only need one address to access the whole data range.
> Registering the extra clients is a waste of time and memory, so just
> don't do it.

One reason the driver claims all the EEPROM addresses used by
each chip is to address review feedback from Jean Delvare.
ISTR the point was safety:  letting other drivers potentially
access the device was a bad idea.  ;)


> Problem solved :)

Not really.  The "eeprom" driver, or various other legacy
drivers knowing about the 0x50..0x57 address range, could
bind to those addresses.  That problem would not be solved.

- Dave