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

[ksi at koi8.net]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> 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.

Not so fast... And remember, there are other similar interfaces that are
waiting in the line (e.g. SPI...)

I personally do not think we should use that global data structure for such
obscure purposes. And it must be writable for this to work.

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