From 4b2643d7d9bdcd776749e17f73c168ddf02e93cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Delvare Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:12:29 +0200 Subject: i2c: Fix the i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() prototype Let the drivers specify how many bytes they want to read with i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(). So far, the block count was hard-coded to I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX (32), which did not make much sense. Many driver authors complained about this before, and I believe it's about time to fix it. Right now, authors have to do technically stupid things, such as individual byte reads or full-fledged I2C messaging, to work around the problem. We do not want to encourage that. I even found that some bus drivers (e.g. i2c-amd8111) already implemented I2C block read the "right" way, that is, they didn't follow the old, broken standard. The fact that it was never noticed before just shows how little i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() was used, which isn't that surprising given how broken its prototype was so far. There are some obvious compatiblity considerations: * This changes the i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() prototype. Users outside the kernel tree will notice at compilation time, and will have to update their code. * User-space has access to i2c_smbus_xfer() directly using i2c-dev, so the changed expectations would affect tools such as i2cdump. In order to preserve binary compatibility, we give I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA a new numeric value, and define I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_BROKEN with the old numeric value. When i2c-dev receives a transaction with the old value, it can convert it to the new format on the fly. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-powermac.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-powermac.c') diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-powermac.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-powermac.c index 1425d2245c82..0ab4f2627c26 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-powermac.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-powermac.c @@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ static s32 i2c_powermac_smbus_xfer( struct i2c_adapter* adap, if (rc) goto bail; rc = pmac_i2c_xfer(bus, addrdir, 1, command, - read ? data->block : &data->block[1], - data->block[0]); + &data->block[1], data->block[0]); break; default: -- cgit v1.2.3