> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heiko Schocher [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 31 October 2017 06:28
> To: Martyn Welch <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; Han, Nandor (GE Healthcare)
> <[email protected]>; Martyn Welch <[email protected]>;
> Stefano Babic <[email protected]>
> Subject: EXT: Re: [PATCH 1/7] imx: mxc_i2c: tweak the i2c transfer method
> 
> Hello Martyn,
> 
> Am 26.10.2017 um 16:47 schrieb Martyn Welch:
> > From: Nandor Han <[email protected]>
> >
> > Tweak the i2c transfer to work for devices that want to read data
> > without addressing a register.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nandor Han <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Martyn Welch <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Heiko Schocher <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Stefano Babic <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Martyn Welch <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >   drivers/i2c/mxc_i2c.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
> >   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/mxc_i2c.c b/drivers/i2c/mxc_i2c.c index
> > abf1da2..01f268b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/i2c/mxc_i2c.c
> > +++ b/drivers/i2c/mxc_i2c.c
> > @@ -317,16 +317,19 @@ static int i2c_init_transfer_(struct mxc_i2c_bus
> *i2c_bus, u8 chip,
> >     temp |= I2CR_MTX | I2CR_TX_NO_AK;
> >     writeb(temp, base + (I2CR << reg_shift));
> >
> > -   /* write slave address */
> > -   ret = tx_byte(i2c_bus, chip << 1);
> > -   if (ret < 0)
> > -           return ret;
> > -
> > -   while (alen--) {
> > -           ret = tx_byte(i2c_bus, (addr >> (alen * 8)) & 0xff);
> > +   if (alen != -1) {
> 
> I prefer here a "if (alen >= 0) {"

In normal cases yes. It looks that i2c framework doesn't support requesting 
data from i2c without addressing the slave. 
In this case -1 is used to specify that address is not needed.

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> bye,
> Heiko
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