linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: si7020: Fix endianness for I2C reads

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Message-ID: <CAHQ1cqH92D7y9n0xvsW5yLt9NaCMLE4H_f6JbNvXavyX_tYk3g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:48:43 -0700
From:	Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
To:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Cc:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Robert Smith <quad@...bo1ics.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: si7020: Fix endianness for I2C reads

>
> i2c_smbus_read_word_data() returns data in native endianess. But it
> interprets the word on the bus as little-endian (As specified by the SMBus
> spec). If your chip returns data in big-endian use
> i2c_smbus_read_word_data_swapped().
>
> - Lars

Ah, good to know. I'll update the patch accordingly.

Thanks
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