[Buildroot] [PATCH] i2c-tools: install devt headers to staging dir

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Julien" == Julien Boibessot <julien.boibessot at free.fr> writes:

 >>> Does the i2c-tools version of this file add anything important on top of
 >>> the Linux headers? The i2c /dev interface afaik hasn't changed in MANY
 >>> years.
 >> The i2c-tools version of i2c-dev.h adds a number of convenient i2c_smbus_*() 
 >> routines, that wrap around the I2C_SMBUS ioctl.

 > These i2c_smbus_*() routines are used by some userspace I2C drivers (not
 > yet in BR), that's why I sent the patch to re-install i2c-dev.h

It is quite painful to have multiple incompatible versions of the same
header file, and i2c-tools imho shouldn't overwrite kernel headers.

Have this issue been discussed with upstream?

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Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard