linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/11] i2c: npcm: Fix client address calculation

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Date:   Thu, 3 Mar 2022 12:30:10 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Tyrone Ting <warp5tw@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/11] i2c: npcm: Fix client address calculation

On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 04:31:33PM +0800, Tyrone Ting wrote:
> From: Tali Perry <tali.perry1@...il.com>
> 
> Fix i2c client address by left-shifting 1 bit before
> applying it to the data register.

...

> -	bus->dest_addr = slave_addr;
> +	bus->dest_addr = slave_addr << 1;

1. Why this is not using i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg() helper?
2. This is duplication of what npcm_i2c_master_start_xmit() does.

Taking 2 into account, what is this exactly fixing?
Sounds like a red herring.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko