From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from opensource.wolfsonmicro.com ([80.75.67.52]:32934 "EHLO opensource2.wolfsonmicro.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751052Ab1IGSpA (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Sep 2011 14:45:00 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:44:57 -0700 From: Mark Brown To: Jonathan Cameron Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael.Hennerich@analog.com, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] regmap: Add a magic bus type to handle quirks of analog devices ADIS sensors. Message-ID: <20110907184457.GC4423@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> References: <4E679770.4090008@cam.ac.uk> <1315412387-5765-3-git-send-email-jic23@cam.ac.uk> <20110907174713.GG2906@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <4E67B742.6030302@cam.ac.uk> <20110907183230.GA4423@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <4E67BCDF.3020108@cam.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4E67BCDF.3020108@cam.ac.uk> Sender: linux-iio-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 07:50:07PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > On 09/07/11 19:32, Mark Brown wrote: > > Either. Or either expose marshalling or add configuration for the > > marshalling depending on what's being done, I'm not convinced you need > > to be working at SPI level at all. > I'm a little unclear what you mean by 'marshalling'. Could you expand > on how that might work? Marshalling is the process of formatting data for transmit and parsing it once it's been read in.