[i2c] [PATCH 2/3] i2c: Let bus drivers add SPD to their class

[David Brownell]

On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> 
> Note that I took a conservative approach here, adding I2C_CLASS_SPD to
> all drivers that had I2C_CLASS_HWMON before. This is to make sure that
> the eeprom driver doesn't stop probing buses where SPD EEPROMs live.
> But the truth is that, for most of these, I simply have no idea whether
> they can host SPD EEPROMs or not.

Few embedded platforms use discrete sticks of DRAM.
My two cents:  use the opposite default in those cases.

I'll highlight a few below, where I happen to have more
specific knowledge.


> So, bus driver maintainers and users 
> should feel free to remove the SPD class from drivers those buses never
> have SPD EEPROMs or they don't want the eeprom driver to bind to them.
> Likewise, feel free to add the SPD class to any bus driver I might have
> missed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org>
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali1535.c       |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali1563.c       |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ali15x3.c       |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd756.c        |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-amd8111.c       |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c          |    2 +-

I've never heard of an AT91 board using DRAM sticks ...

>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cpm.c           |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c       |    2 +-

... or a DaVinci one ...


>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-elektor.c       |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-gpio.c          |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c          |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c       |    4 ++--
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-iop3xx.c        |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-isch.c          |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c           |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mv64xxx.c       |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2.c       |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ocores.c        |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-omap.c          |    2 +-

... or an OMAP one ...

>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light.c |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-parport.c       |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi.c        |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.c         |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pmcmsp.c        |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c       |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sibyte.c        |    4 ++--
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sis5595.c       |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sis630.c        |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x.c        |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-stub.c          |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tiny-usb.c      |    2 +-

... DRAM-over-USB would be bizarre too ...

>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-via.c           |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c        |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/scx200_acb.c        |    2 +-
>  include/linux/i2c.h                    |    1 +
>  35 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)