linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] regmap: Add REGMAP_ENDIAN

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Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:23:29 +0000
From:	"Li.Xiubo@...escale.com" <Li.Xiubo@...escale.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
CC:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] regmap: Add REGMAP_ENDIAN_SWAP support for values.

> Subject: Re: [PATCH] regmap: Add REGMAP_ENDIAN_SWAP support for values.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 04:17:39PM +0800, Xiubo Li wrote:
> 
> > For the DT node, just one property like 'endian-swap' will be okey
> > for cases 2 and 4.
> 
> I'm not convinced that the cost of having to define explicit big and
> little endian properties for the hardware is worth having this - it
> seems like a confusing thing to have in the interface since it depends
> on both the device and the CPU and would presumably break in cases where
> there's an option about which endianness to run things in.
> 

Yes, Actually that's may happen.

I'll implement the REGMAP_ENDIAN_LITTLE.

Thanks,

Best Regards,
Xiubo
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