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    SubjectRe: [PATCH -mm 4/4] Blackfin: on-chip Two Wire Interface I2C driver
    On 3/21/07, Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> wrote:
    > > +config I2C_BLACKFIN_TWI
    > > + tristate "Blackfin TWI I2C support"
    > > + depends on I2C && (BF534 || BF536 || BF537)
    > > + help
    > > + This is the TWI I2C device driver for Blackfin 534/536/537.
    > > + This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
    > > + will be called i2c-bfin-twi.
    >
    > Pardon my ignorance, but is there any reason to call it "Blackfin TWI"
    > as opposed to just "Blackfin" since TWI and I2C mean the same thing?
    > It lends itself to some redundancies such as:
    >
    > > + pr_info("I2C: Blackfin I2C TWI driver\n");

    it reflects the hardware manual and all public Analog Devices
    documentation ... the peripheral is always referred to as a "Two Wire
    Interface that is fully compatible with the I2C standard" since using
    the "I2C" term is not free
    -mike
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