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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:43:10 +0200
From: "Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com>
To: "Jean Delvare" <khali@linux-fr.org>
Subject: qestion about I2C_CLASS_HWMON flag
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Hello,

I'm wondering why does this flag exist ?

Why is a hw monitor device so special so that an I2C bus needs
a flag to tell the rest of the world that it support it ?

Thanks
-- 
Francis