linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] regmap: Drop check whether a register is readable in regcache

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Message-ID: <20111117165153.GB9008@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:51:54 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Cc:	Dimitris Papastamos <dp@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] regmap: Drop check whether a register is readable
 in regcache_read

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 08:34:04PM +0100, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> One of the reasons for using a cache is to have a software shadow of a register
> which is writable but not readable. This allows us to do a read-modify-write
> operation on such a register.

Applied, thanks.
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