linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] i2c: core: helper function to detect slave mode

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Message-ID: <20170125204537.i66nykln4fkxqryy@ninjato>
Date:   Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:45:37 +0100
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Luis Oliveira <Luis.Oliveira@...opsys.com>
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com,
        mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        vz@...ia.com, Ramiro.Oliveira@...opsys.com,
        Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com, CARLOS.PALMINHA@...opsys.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] i2c: core: helper function to detect slave mode


> + * i2c_slave_mode_detect - detect operation mode

I'd rather name it 'i2c_detect_slave_mode'

> + * @dev:  The device owning the bus
> + *
> + * This checks the device nodes for an I2C slave by checking the address
> + * used.
> + *
> + * Returns true if an I2C slave is detected, otherwise returns false.

Both paragraphs could be a little more explicit. It is not about
"slaves" or "clients" in general, but about those entries which make the
current master act as a slave, too.

The code looks good to me, so we are close to go!

Thanks,

   Wolfram


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