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From: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>,
	linux-i2c <linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 0/9] eeprom: at24: at24cs series serial number read
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:03:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bnbsiiuv.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1445330607-12470-1-git-send-email-bgolaszewski@baylibre.com> (Bartosz Golaszewski's message of "Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:43:18 +0200")

>>>>> "Bartosz" == Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com> writes:

 > Chips from the at24cs EEPROM series have an additional read-only memory area
 > containing a factory pre-programmed serial number. In order to access it, a
 > dummy write must be executed before reading the serial number bytes.

 > This series adds support for reading the serial number through a sysfs
 > attribute.

 > While we're at it: some of the patches contain readability tweaks and code
 > organization fixes.

 > Tested with at24cs64 and at24cs02 chips (for both 16 and 8 bit address
 > pointers).

As the serial number is available on a separate i2c address, wouldn't
it be simpler to handle these as special (read only) device variants and
instantiate E.G. a 24c64 (for the normal data) and a 24cs64 (for the
serial)?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-10-21 11:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-20  8:43 Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-20  8:43 ` [RESEND PATCH 1/9] eeprom: at24: platform_data: use BIT() macro Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-20  8:43 ` [RESEND PATCH 2/9] eeprom: at24: new flag in platform_data Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-20  8:43 ` [RESEND PATCH 3/9] eeprom: at24: tie up an additional address for at24cs series Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-20  8:43 ` [RESEND PATCH 4/9] eeprom: at24: support reading of the serial number Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-20  8:43 ` [RESEND PATCH 5/9] eeprom: at24: export the serial number through sysfs Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-20  8:43 ` [RESEND PATCH 6/9] eeprom: at24: improve the device_id table readability Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-20  8:43 ` [RESEND PATCH 7/9] eeprom: at24: add the at24cs series to the list of supported devices Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-20  8:43 ` [RESEND PATCH 8/9] eeprom: at24: remove a reduntant if Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-20  8:43 ` [RESEND PATCH 9/9] eeprom: at24: readability tweaks Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-21 11:03 ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
2015-10-21 14:15   ` [RESEND PATCH 0/9] eeprom: at24: at24cs series serial number read Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-21 14:23     ` Peter Korsgaard
2015-10-21 14:42       ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2015-10-21 15:08         ` Peter Korsgaard

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