linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regmap: don't check for alignment when using reg

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Message-ID: <20230511085217.4fe390d4@pc-7.home>
Date:   Thu, 11 May 2023 08:52:17 +0200
From:   Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, alexis.lothore@...tlin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regmap: don't check for alignment when using reg_shift

Hello Mark, Colin,

On Sat, 6 May 2023 09:18:19 +0900
Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 10:19:29AM -0700, Colin Foster wrote:
> 
> > Sorry for a really delayed response, but I just got back around to
> > thinking about this. Crazy busy times for me.  
> 
> > What about an explicit parameter in regmap_config that will disable
> > alignment checks? That seems like it might be a welcome feature
> > addition.  
> 
> You can already just not specify an alignment requirement - if you can
> configure the regmap to specify some new flag you could also just not
> specify the alignment requirement in the first place.

Ok thanks, I will try that approach then. Thanks !

Maxime