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From:   Gonsolo <gonsolo@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Oct 2019 22:32:22 +0200
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> I don't know. I was not the one that extracted the firmware. I guess
> Antti did it.

Ok.

> That's a really bad solution. Returning 0xff is what happens when
> things go wrong during I2C transfers. Several problems can cause it,
> including device misfunction. Every time someone comes with a patch
> trying to ignore it, things go sideways for other devices (existing
> or future ones).
>
> Ignoring errors is always a bad idea.

I understand.

Anyway, I have to give up for now. Maybe I will have some time in the
future to come back to this or somebody else can use the information
in this thread. :(

Thanks for your time, I appreciate that very much. It was worth a try. :)

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g