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

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Message-ID: <20100617191820.GA17699@sortiz.org>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:18:21 +0200
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Srinidhi Kasagar <srinidhi.kasagar@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MFD: AB8500 mask off irrelevant bits from the SPI
 message

Hi Linus,

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 06:46:42PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 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?
Yes, sorry for the delay, I've been quite busy with other projects but will go
through my MFD backlog in a day or 2.

Cheers,
Samuel.


> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

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