Hi Randy, On Fri, 8 May 2015 15:28:19 +0000, Randy Grunwell wrote: > I'm curious why this would not be an extension of the i2c read and write > commands? Would it not make sense to add a tier above "Block" (perhaps > "Extended"), and use the same syntax? > > Forgive me if this is out of place - I'm quite new, both here and to Linux/C.
No problem, asking questions is fine. The thing is that this isn't only a question of maximum length. It is also a question of which kernel interface is being used (ioctl I2C_RDWR instead of ioctl I2C_SMBUS.) Additionally, i2ctransfer supports any combination of reading and writing, so in essence it doesn't extend a specific existing tool, it extends all of them. And the command line interface will be completely different, whichever we settle for. So it seems quite obvious that a separate tool is the best way to implement the feature, as Wolfram did. -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
