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| author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2007-07-12 14:12:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Jean Delvare <khali@hyperion.delvare> | 2007-07-12 14:12:29 +0200 |
| commit | 4b2643d7d9bdcd776749e17f73c168ddf02e93cb (patch) | |
| tree | 1642900ea1c196cc27d120f0af4de44fff30633e /include/linux/i2c.h | |
| parent | ba7fbb723f50ab2607989a282af655fb0fab0492 (diff) | |
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i2c: Fix the i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() prototype
Let the drivers specify how many bytes they want to read with
i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(). So far, the block count was
hard-coded to I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX (32), which did not make much sense.
Many driver authors complained about this before, and I believe it's
about time to fix it. Right now, authors have to do technically stupid
things, such as individual byte reads or full-fledged I2C messaging,
to work around the problem. We do not want to encourage that.
I even found that some bus drivers (e.g. i2c-amd8111) already
implemented I2C block read the "right" way, that is, they didn't
follow the old, broken standard. The fact that it was never noticed
before just shows how little i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() was used,
which isn't that surprising given how broken its prototype was so far.
There are some obvious compatiblity considerations:
* This changes the i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() prototype. Users
outside the kernel tree will notice at compilation time, and will
have to update their code.
* User-space has access to i2c_smbus_xfer() directly using i2c-dev, so
the changed expectations would affect tools such as i2cdump. In order
to preserve binary compatibility, we give I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA
a new numeric value, and define I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_BROKEN with the
old numeric value. When i2c-dev receives a transaction with the
old value, it can convert it to the new format on the fly.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/i2c.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/i2c.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h index 44f2ecf47d9f..2eaba21b9b1a 100644 --- a/include/linux/i2c.h +++ b/include/linux/i2c.h @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ extern s32 i2c_smbus_write_block_data(struct i2c_client * client, const u8 *values); /* Returns the number of read bytes */ extern s32 i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client, - u8 command, u8 *values); + u8 command, u8 length, u8 *values); extern s32 i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client, u8 command, u8 length, const u8 *values); @@ -524,8 +524,9 @@ union i2c_smbus_data { #define I2C_SMBUS_WORD_DATA 3 #define I2C_SMBUS_PROC_CALL 4 #define I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA 5 -#define I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA 6 +#define I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_BROKEN 6 #define I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_PROC_CALL 7 /* SMBus 2.0 */ +#define I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA 8 /* ----- commands for the ioctl like i2c_command call: |