Re: [PATCH-V2 3/3] RTC:s35390a: Add update_irq (per Min interrupt) support

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:00:29 +0530
hvaibhav@ti.com wrote:

> +static int s35390a_update_irq_enable(struct i2c_client *client,
> +						unsigned enabled)
> +{
> +	struct s35390a *s35390a = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
> +	char buf[1];
> +
> +	if (s35390a_get_reg(s35390a, S35390A_CMD_STATUS2, buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0)
> +		return -EIO;
> +
> +	/* This chip returns the bits of each byte in reverse order */
> +	buf[0] = bitrev8(buf[0]);
> +
> +	buf[0] &= ~S35390A_INT1_MODE_MASK;
> +	if (enabled)
> +		buf[0] |= S35390A_INT1_MODE_PMIN_STDY;
> +	else
> +		buf[0] |= S35390A_INT1_MODE_NOINTR;
> +
> +	/* This chip expects the bits of each byte in reverse order */
> +	buf[0] = bitrev8(buf[0]);

grumble.  We bit-reverse it, fiddle a couple of bits and then
bit-reverse it again.  Lazy.

Why not leave it bit-reversed and just bit-reverse the constants? 
Extra marks are awarded for coming up with a compile-time bitrev8() ;)

> +	return s35390a_set_reg(s35390a, S35390A_CMD_STATUS2, buf, sizeof(buf));
> +}