On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Jean Delvare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Francis, > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Francis Moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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 ? > > I don't understand your point. We have I2C_CLASS flags for many I2C > device types (analog TV, digital TV, etc.) I2C_CLASS_HWMON isn't the > exception you describe. Look at <linux/i2c.h> for a list of these flags. >
My question (sorry if that silly) is why do we need these flags at all ? Can't I2C bus address any kinds of I2C devices ? What make hwmon devices special so that some I2C adapter can't talk to them ? Thanks -- Francis _______________________________________________ i2c mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/i2c
