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

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Date:   Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:43:29 +0000
From:   Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
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 Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:03:11PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> 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.

True, no objections from me for dropping this one from the chain.

Thanks,
Charles