linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] regmap: Add no-"bus" configuration possibility

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Message-ID: <50A2E7C0.6080501@convergeddevices.net>
Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:37:20 -0800
From:	Andrey Smirnov <andrey.smirnov@...vergeddevices.net>
To:	<broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
CC:	Andrey Smirnov <andrey.smirnov@...vergeddevices.net>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] regmap: Add no-"bus" configuration possibility

On 11/03/2012 05:18 PM, Andrey Smirnov wrote:
> This patch proposes extension to the API that was suggested by Mark in
> the following thread:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1383734
>
> The idea behind extensions is to allow the devices that expose some
> register-like interface but whose protocol for reading or writing
> those registers could not be simplified to serialized bytestream
> writes to be used within 'regmap' framework
>
> This patch adds two callbacks to the 'regmap' configuration which user
> is expected to set with their implementation of read and write
> functionality for the device.
>
> I am not very well versed with the code of the remap framework so I
> apologize if my proposal has some glaring mistakes and I would
> welcome any suggestion or criticism on how to either improve the code
> or implement the proposal in a better way.
>
> This commit has only purpose of illustrating the proposed extension of
> the 'regmap' API. It has never been compiled or tested.

Mark, did you by any chance had a time to look at this RFC?


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