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Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines

From Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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Subject Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines
Date 2016-12-29 05:40 +0100
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On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 15:03:02 +0100, Wolfram Sang said:
> > I have absolutely no idea how to you want to achieve calling that
> > i2c_new_device() registration
> > without kernel patches.
>
> Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices lists all supported methods.
> Method 4 is userspace instantiation.

I'd be totally OK with userspace doing it, except for the question "How good
will distros be about shipping it"?  I don't have any sense of how good Fedora
and Ubuntu and so on will be about making sure the userspace part is already
done for the user.

Anybody got evidence one way or another?

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[PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-12-27 14:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on  Dell machines Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> - 2016-12-27 15:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on  Dell machines Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-12-27 15:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2016-12-27 23:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu - 2016-12-27 23:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2016-12-28 09:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-12-28 10:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on  Dell machines Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> - 2016-12-28 15:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu - 2016-12-29 05:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-12-28 09:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on  Dell machines Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> - 2016-12-28 15:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on  Dell machines Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2016-12-29 09:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-12-29 10:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on  Dell machines Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2016-12-29 14:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-12-29 15:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on  Dell machines Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2016-12-29 22:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on Dell machines Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2016-12-29 22:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on  Dell machines Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com> - 2017-01-03 10:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d i2c device on  Dell machines Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2017-01-03 10:30 +0100

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