[U-Boot] [PATCH] 0/12 Multiadapter/multibus I2C

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Feb 16 22:31:57 CET 2009


Dear Heiko,

In message <49992BEB.30501 at denx.de> you wrote:
> 
> >> Yes, thats a point. But do we need this before running from ram (except
> >> one hardwareadapter)?
> > 
> > Yes, see above.
> 
> Yes, thats is a problem in my approach, and if we need more then one
> i2c bus when running from flash, maybe a no go.

It is not an unsolvable problem. We do have the global data structure,
and it has been (mis-) used for worse purposes before.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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