[PATCH 2/4] mfd: Add some documentation for WM8350 register lock

From: Mark Brown
Date: Thu Nov 06 2008 - 08:43:58 EST


Hopefully this will make the purpose of these functions a bit clearer,
it's not immediately obvious that the lock is a hardware feature.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c b/drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c
index 0d47fb9..d63a530 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@ int wm8350_block_write(struct wm8350 *wm8350, int start_reg, int regs,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wm8350_block_write);

+/**
+ * wm8350_reg_lock()
+ *
+ * The WM8350 has a hardware lock which can be used to prevent writes to
+ * some registers (generally those which can cause particularly serious
+ * problems if misused). This function enables that lock.
+ */
int wm8350_reg_lock(struct wm8350 *wm8350)
{
u16 key = WM8350_LOCK_KEY;
@@ -314,6 +321,15 @@ int wm8350_reg_lock(struct wm8350 *wm8350)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wm8350_reg_lock);

+/**
+ * wm8350_reg_unlock()
+ *
+ * The WM8350 has a hardware lock which can be used to prevent writes to
+ * some registers (generally those which can cause particularly serious
+ * problems if misused). This function disables that lock so updates
+ * can be performed. For maximum safety this should be done only when
+ * required.
+ */
int wm8350_reg_unlock(struct wm8350 *wm8350)
{
u16 key = WM8350_UNLOCK_KEY;
--
1.5.6.5

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