From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
To: "Benoît Monin" <benoit.monin@bootlin.com>
Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH i2c-tools v2 2/2] i2ctransfer: Add optional message modifier flags
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:33:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aWaCAV4preoIPcih@ninjato> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251223-msg-flags-v2-2-8d934a4366e2@bootlin.com>
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> --- a/tools/i2ctransfer.8
> +++ b/tools/i2ctransfer.8
> @@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ The number of blocks is limited by the Linux Kernel and defined by I2C_RDWR_IOCT
> .I desc
> blocks are composed like this:
>
> -.I {r|w}<length_of_message>[@address]
> +.I [inpst]{r|w}<length_of_message>[@address]
>
> +.TP
> +.B [inpst]
> +specifies optional MESSAGE MODIFIER FLAGS. See the section below for details.
The documentation needs just a slight update like "if supported". It
depends not only on the Linux version but the controller driver anyhow.
> +++ b/tools/i2ctransfer.c
> @@ -52,9 +52,16 @@ static void help(void)
> " -V version info\n"
> " -y yes to all confirmations\n"
> " I2CBUS is an integer or an I2C bus name\n"
> - " DESC describes the transfer in the form: {r|w}LENGTH[@address]\n"
> - " 1) read/write-flag 2) LENGTH (range 0-65535, or '?')\n"
> - " 3) I2C address (use last one if omitted)\n"
> + " DESC describes the transfer in the form: [inpst]{r|w}LENGTH[@address]\n"
> + " 1) optional message modifier flags\n"
> + " i: ignore NACK from client\n"
> + " n: no master ACK/NACK bit in a read message\n"
> + " p: emit a STOP after the message\n"
> + " s: skip repeated start\n"
> + " t: toggle read/write bit\n"
> + " 2) mandatory read/write flag\n"
> + " 3) LENGTH (range 0-65535, or '?')\n"
> + " 4) I2C address (use last one if omitted)\n"
Same here. I think the help text can be static by saying "if supported"
> " DATA are LENGTH bytes for a write message. They can be shortened by a suffix:\n"
> " = (keep value constant until LENGTH)\n"
> " + (increase value by 1 until LENGTH)\n"
> @@ -202,12 +209,21 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> case PARSE_GET_DESC:
> flags = 0;
>
> - switch (*arg_ptr++) {
> - case 'r': flags |= I2C_M_RD; break;
> - case 'w': break;
> - default:
> - fprintf(stderr, "Error: Invalid direction\n");
> - goto err_out_with_arg;
> + for (int done = 0; !done; ) {
> + switch (*arg_ptr++) {
> + /* optional flags */
> + case 'i': flags |= I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK; break;
> + case 'n': flags |= I2C_M_NO_RD_ACK; break;
> + case 'p': flags |= I2C_M_STOP; break;
> + case 's': flags |= I2C_M_NOSTART; break;
> + case 't': flags |= I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR; break;
Brainstorming here: maybe a macro could help:
case 'i': add_flag_if_supported(flags, I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK);
?
Thanks and happy hacking,
Wolfram
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-13 17:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-23 13:22 [PATCH i2c-tools v2 0/2] Add support for message modifier flags Benoît Monin
2025-12-23 13:22 ` [PATCH i2c-tools v2 1/2] i2cdetect: Display mangling and nostart support Benoît Monin
2026-01-13 17:22 ` Wolfram Sang
2025-12-23 13:22 ` [PATCH i2c-tools v2 2/2] i2ctransfer: Add optional message modifier flags Benoît Monin
2026-01-13 17:33 ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2026-01-16 13:01 ` Benoît Monin
2026-01-20 15:06 ` Jean Delvare
2026-01-20 14:45 ` Jean Delvare
2026-01-13 17:21 ` [PATCH i2c-tools v2 0/2] Add support for " Wolfram Sang
2026-01-20 14:15 ` Jean Delvare
2026-01-21 10:00 ` Benoît Monin
2026-01-21 18:37 ` Jean Delvare
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