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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:07:29 -0400
From: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
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To: Adrian Cox <adrian@humboldt.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6] Add command function to struct i2c_adapter
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:56:19 +0100, Adrian Cox <adrian@humboldt.co.uk> wrote:
> Would it do for a display device to expose read-only EDID data through
> sysfs, or do you need I2C level access to DDC from userspace?

For my purpose of decoding the EDID read only access is fine. 

But I do know there are programs that use the user space I2C drivers
to control extended monitor functions. Some monitors let you set
brightnesss, contrast, on/off via the I2C link.

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Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com
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