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

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Feb 18 01:13:22 CET 2009


Dear ksi at koi8.net,

In message <Pine.LNX.4.64ksi.0902171456520.30777 at home-gw.koi8.net> you wrote:
> 
> > [On the other hand I still wonder why I have never seen any such
> > board appear to me in real life yet. None of the 500+ boards
> > supported in U-Boot uses any such configuration.]
> 
> Eh, for those 500+ (actually 472 judging on the number of files in
> include/configs) boards there are at least twice that many that were never

There are some boards that share one config file...

> OK, this is not about using multiple I2C busses before relocation and using
> them right now for any of existing boards (some of which are actually dead
> or vaporware.)
...

We agree that there are cases where multiple busses are needed. But do
we need such complexity before relocation?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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