linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] regmap: Add regmap_pipe

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:43:46 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Crestez Dan Leonard <leonard.crestez@...el.com>
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Linux I2C <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] regmap: Add regmap_pipe_read API

Hi Leonard,

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Crestez Dan Leonard
<leonard.crestez@...el.com> wrote:
> The regmap API usually assumes that bulk read operations will read a
> range of registers but some I2C/SPI devices have certain registers for
> which a such a read operation will return data from an internal FIFO
> instead. Add an explicit API to support bulk read with pipe rather than
> range semantics.

Please settle on either "fifo" or "pipe", instead of mixing both.
Personally, I prefer the former.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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