Re: [RFT PATCH] regmap-i2c: Only use I2C_FUNC_I2C if val_bits == 8

[Guenter Roeck]

On 06/25/2016 04:34 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 07:53:53PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>
> > On chips with a register value size of 16 bits, I2C block reads will
> > typically not return the expected values. Instead, returned values
> > are most likely undefined if an operation crosses a register boundary.
>
> No, this just isn't true in general - if a device has trouble with bulk
> reads it needs to set use_sigle_rw in the config to disable them.
> Device limitations with bulk reads are a per device thing and are
> orthogonal to the value size, being more to do with the age and quality
> of the register map implementation than anything else.

Ok, thanks for letting me know. I'll try that.

Guenter