Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 May 2015 22:58:31 +0200 | From | Jean Delvare <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] i2c-tools: i2ctransfer: add new tool |
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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
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