On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 08:13:55PM -0000, eeh@netbsd.org wrote:

 > | in i2c devices (which may appear on smbus) which _can_ use the
 > | higher-level command formats, you _should_ use higher-level command
 > | formats, to make the drivers clearer and to make the code more easily
 > | shared between the busses (and higher-performance, when there's a
 > | smart controller).
 > 
 > This idea is soooo broken in soooo many ways I really don't want to go
 > there.

Why not?  Since you're the one proposing the new interface, I think it's
on your shoulders to convince us all that your interface is the correct
one.  And hand-waving someone else's legitimate points as "soooo broken"
isn't really appropriate.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>