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From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
To: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: Added support for ds1672 control
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:41:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060329004122.64e91176@inspiron> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <08A09790-5D74-4089-AA7B-6AB5628A19DD@kernel.crashing.org>

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:04:20 -0600
Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:

> Not sure if I follow you here.  I think you are suggesting for  
> ds1672_get_control to look like:
> 
> static int ds1672_get_control(struct i2c_client *client, u8 *status)
> {
>          unsigned char addr = DS1672_REG_CONTROL;
> 
>          struct i2c_msg msgs[] = {
>                  { client->addr, 0, 1, &addr },          /* setup  
> read ptr */
>                  { client->addr, I2C_M_RD, 1, status },  /* read  
> control */
>          };
> ...
> }

 yes.


> which is fine.  Any suggestions on what to do on an error in the  
> sysfs attrib function?

 i2c_transfer will give the errno to return back.
 This remembers me that I forgot to do that in other drivers :(

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it


  reply	other threads:[~2006-03-28 22:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-28 21:07 [PATCH] rtc: Added support for ds1672 control Kumar Gala
2006-03-28 21:40 ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-03-28 22:04   ` Kumar Gala
2006-03-28 22:41     ` Alessandro Zummo [this message]
2006-03-28 22:55       ` [PATCH][UPDATE] " Kumar Gala
2006-03-28 23:48         ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-03-28 23:52           ` Kumar Gala
2006-03-28 23:57             ` Alessandro Zummo
2006-03-30 20:06               ` Kumar Gala
2006-03-30 20:26                 ` Alessandro Zummo

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