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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:05:36 +0200
From: "Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com>
To: "Jean Delvare" <khali@linux-fr.org>
Subject: Re: qestion about I2C_CLASS_HWMON flag
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On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>