linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power:bq27xxx: 27000/10 read FLAGS register as single

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Message-ID: <20160815192748.f5qvtvncqjwiuo52@earth>
Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:27:48 +0200
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>
Cc:	"Andrew F . Davis" <afd@...com>,
	Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com>,
	Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>,
	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	letux-kernel@...nphoenux.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power:bq27xxx: 27000/10 read FLAGS register as single

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 06:12:09PM +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> The bq27000 and bq27010 have a single byte FLAGS register.
> Other gauges have 16 bit FLAGS registers.
> 
> For reading the FLAGS register it is sufficient to read the single
> register instead of reading RSOC at the next higher address as
> well and then ignore the high byte.
> 
> This does not change functionality but optimizes i2c and hdq
> traffic.

Thanks, queued into power-supply's -next branch.

-- Sebastian

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