linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] media: i2c: imx335: Drop setting of 0x3a00 register

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:05:17 +0000
From: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
To: Umang Jain <umang.jain@...asonboard.com>
Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] media: i2c: imx335: Drop setting of 0x3a00 register

Hi Umang,

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 09:19:05PM +0530, Umang Jain wrote:
> Register 0x3a00 is a reserved field as per the IMX335 datasheet,
> hence shouldn't be set by the driver.

How have you checked this has no effect on the device's operation?

It's not uncommon for sensor vendors to document some hush-hush registers
as "reserved".

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus