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Way cool! Thanks a lot. I'll try it out when my hardware comes in...<BR>
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regards,<BR>
Ben<BR>
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On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 13:51 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Jul 20, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Ben Warren wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hello,</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Has anyone implemented devices like the Philips PCA954x I2C bus muxes</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> under the /sysfs device model? I have some optical transponders on my</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> board that through the wisdom of some committee all have the same </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> fixed</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I2C address. To get around this, we put them behind muxes, creating</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 'virtual' I2C busses. I imagine this could be modeled something like</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> the USB hub model, but that's just a first stab.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I'm pretty sure I submitted a set of patches for this upstream. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">However there was some desire to hold off until some other changes.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114376108231285&w=2">http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114376108231285&w=2</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=114316214100001&r=1&w=2">http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=114316214100001&r=1&w=2</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">- kumar</FONT>
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