linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MFD: AB8500 mask off irrelevant bits from the SPI message

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:46:42 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
To:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Srinidhi Kasagar <srinidhi.kasagar@...ricsson.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MFD: AB8500 mask off irrelevant bits from the SPI message

2010/5/28 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>:

> The registers on the AB8500 are only 8 bits wide, so the content
> of the remaining bits is undefined. Let's mask off the undefined
> stuff when returning a register in an SPI read.

Are you picking this one up Samuel?

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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