Re: [PATCH 1/1] i2c-dev: switch from register_chrdev to cdev API

2016-05-27 Thread Wolfram Sang
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 03:45:43PM -0300, Erico Nunes wrote: > i2c-dev had never moved away from the older register_chrdev interface to > implement its char device registration. The register_chrdev API has the > limitation of enabling only up to 256 i2c-dev busses to exist. > > Large platforms wit

[PATCH 1/1] i2c-dev: switch from register_chrdev to cdev API

2016-05-03 Thread Erico Nunes
i2c-dev had never moved away from the older register_chrdev interface to implement its char device registration. The register_chrdev API has the limitation of enabling only up to 256 i2c-dev busses to exist. Large platforms with lots of i2c devices (i.e. pluggable transceivers) with dedicated buss