Re: [PATCH] input: add driver for Bosch Sensortec's BMA150accelerometer

From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu Jun 09 2011 - 12:30:17 EST


> > What locks this SMBUS transaction against others
> True! I will look over the locking for the next version.

I have a suspicion the two drivers are distant relatives actually - the
bugs look similar !
>
> > > +static int bma150_set_range(struct i2c_client *client, unsigned char range)
> > > +{
> > > + int ret;
> > > + unsigned char data;
> > > +
> > > + if (range > BMA150_RANGE_8G)
> > > + return -EINVAL;
> >
> > This should be actual values not a register range
> It is an actual value. See chapter 3.1.2 in the BMA150 datasheet where the
> acceleration range values are defined.

It should specify the units and be in meaningful ones not register values
(I got moaned at for that in my submission too!)

> I will send an updated version of the driver once I've fixed it!

Cool - I really don't care btw which driver we end up with a mix of both,
I just need it to work on our platform too.

Dunno where Dmitry has gone - has he vanished ?
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/