linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/35] mfd: ab8500-core: Sysfs chip id modification

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Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:13:11 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sameo@...ux.intel.com, linus.walleij@...ricsson.com,
	Marcus Cooper <marcus.xm.cooper@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/35] mfd: ab8500-core: Sysfs chip id modification

On Tue, 19 Feb 2013, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> On Friday 15 February 2013, Lee Jones wrote:
> >         struct ab8500 *ab8500;
> > +       int chip_id = -EINVAL;
> >
> >         ab8500 = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> > -       return sprintf(buf, "%#x\n", ab8500 ? ab8500->chip_id : -EINVAL);
> > +       if(ab8500) {
> > +               chip_id = ab8500->chip_id;
> > +               if((is_ab8505(ab8500) || is_ab9540(ab8500)) && ab8500->version != 0xFF)
> > +                       chip_id = (ab8500->version << 8) | chip_id;
> > +       }
> > +       return sprintf(buf, "%#x\n", chip_id);
> >  }
> 
> What's the use of printing "ffffffea" for unknown versions here?

You mean instead of -EINVAL? No idea, Marcus?

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