linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] hwmon: (jc42) Convert register access to use an I2C regmap

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Message-ID: <20221020220701.GF4035307@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:07:01 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Cc:     linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, jdelvare@...e.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] hwmon: (jc42) Convert register access to use
 an I2C regmap

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 11:03:17PM +0200, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> Switch the jc42 driver to use an I2C regmap to access the registers.
> This is done in preparation for improving the caching of registers and
> to restore the cached limits during system resume.
> 

I would suggest to combine patch 1 and 2 and drop local caching entirely
in a single patch.

Thanks,
Guenter