Re: [PATCH 6/6] eeprom: 93xx46: extend driver to plug into the NVMEM framework

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Tue Dec 15 2015 - 05:17:32 EST


> Is there a reason for this driver to be using the old style?
> I can understand the issues with at24/at25 but does this driver also
> suffer from such issues?

In order to keep backwards compatibility, we need the older file in
/sys. The only other option is to remove it and see if anybody
complains about us breaking the ABI.

Andrew
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