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Subject: Re: [spi-devel-general] [PATCH v2 4/6] mtd: m25p80: add a read
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=0A=0A--- On Tue, 8/10/10, Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> wrote:=
=0A=0A> This one bothers me, but I can't put my=0A> finger on it.=A0The fla=
g feels=0A> like a controller specific hack.=0A=0AThat's because it *IS* ..=
.=0A=0ANot clear what a good fix would look like.=0ABut in general, SPI mas=
ter controllers are=0Aresponsible for returning all bytes requested,=0Ainst=
ead of (as with this one) a subset.=0A=0ASuggesting the real issue is a bug=
gy SPI=0Amaster controller and/or driver.  Can't it=0Aissue multiple reads =
to collect all the data=0Arequested?? =0A=0A- Dave=0A=0A=0A