[U-Boot] [PATCH] 7/12 Multiadapter/multibus I2C, drivers part 4

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear ksi at koi8.net,

In message <Pine.LNX.4.64ksi.0902152224290.17769 at home-gw.koi8.net> you wrote:
> 
> > Yes, good point. But do we need more then one i2c adapter when running
> > from flash? I see only one reason to use i2c when running from flash:
> > accessing SPD EEprom ... and this "bus" could always be the first
> > hw adapter. All other accesses to i2c should be moved to run when
> > we are in ram.
> 
> You can have, e.g. TWO SPD EEPROMs on different busses. And please remember
> that infamous "640K ought to be enough for anybody..."

This is a very unlikely hypothetical case. Based on such assumptions
you can design any arbitrary complexity in any code.

For now, please lets assume that there is no such usage mode, and
that we do not add complexity to support it.


> I don't think there is a viable reason to object unless somebody came up
> with something better.

Well, complex code  that  is  difficult  to  read  and  difficult  to
understand is a very viable reason to object, me thinks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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