linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] regmap: Remove regmap_get_raw_read

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Message-ID: <20180216120311.GG5886@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:03:11 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Cc:     jic23@...nel.org, knaack.h@....de, lars@...afoo.de,
        pmeerw@...erw.net, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...nsource.cirrus.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] regmap: Remove regmap_get_raw_read_max

On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 05:52:20PM +0000, Charles Keepax wrote:
> Since the handling for max_raw_read is now inside regmap_raw_read there
> should be no need for client drivers to query as max_raw_read.

No, they might need to know if things are going to be combined into a
single transaction - some devices have weird sensitivities about bulk
I/O and so the driver may need to know exactly what's going on when it
interacts with the device.

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