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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-03 18:34:47 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-03 18:34:47 +0300
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Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging
* 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: i2c: Document the message size limit i2c-algo-pca: Drop duplicate variable i2c: Hook up runtime PM support i2c-parport-light: Add SMBus alert support i2c-parport: Add SMBus alert support i2c: Separate Kconfig option for i2c-smbus i2c: Add SMBus alert support i2c-parport: Give powered devices some time to settle i2c-tiny-usb: Fix a comment on bus frequency i2c-i801: Add Intel Cougar Point device IDs i2c: Make PCI device ids constant
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@@ -318,8 +318,9 @@ Plain I2C communication
These routines read and write some bytes from/to a client. The client
contains the i2c address, so you do not have to include it. The second
parameter contains the bytes to read/write, the third the number of bytes
-to read/write (must be less than the length of the buffer.) Returned is
-the actual number of bytes read/written.
+to read/write (must be less than the length of the buffer, also should be
+less than 64k since msg.len is u16.) Returned is the actual number of bytes
+read/written.
int i2c_transfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msg,
int num);