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Re: i2c and indirect vs. direct config



On Sun 03 Jun 2018 at 05:07:34 +0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> Please note that the X99 chip-set actually has two different SMBus
> controllers!
> 
> There's the "minimal-functionality" controller that sits on the "system
> management PCI bus" and driven by the imc/imcsmb driver.  But there is also
> a "full-function" SMbus at "pci0 dev 31 function 3" which uses the ichsmb
> driver.  It is the former device via which my spdmem and sdtemp devices are
> accessed.

But do those two controllers access two different buses, or do they
access the same bus?

If the latter, the better controller can be used...

-Olaf.
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___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert  -- Wayland: Those who don't understand X
\X/ rhialto/at/falu.nl      -- are condemned to reinvent it. Poorly.

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