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From: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To: Sangbeom Kim <sbkim73@samsung.com>
Cc: sameo@linux.intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mfd: Add I2C control support for S5M8751
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:35:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110623103502.GA21932@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <017301cc314c$37839eb0$a68adc10$@com>

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:21:10AM +0900, Sangbeom Kim wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:29 AM +0900, Mark Brown wrote:

> > In that case you should definitely take a look at the regmap API I've
> > been posting.  It factors all the device I/O stuff out so you should be
> > able to just tell it that you have a device with n bit registers and n
> > bit values and it'll provide all the I/O functions you need.  I just
> > reposted it today, though it needs another round for some SPI stuff.

> OK, After reviewing your patch, I will apply  it.

Note that it's not actually in mainline yet, it's still being reviewed.

> > > > > +	*val = (uint8_t)ret;

> > > > Why is this case required?

> > > I want pass the read value by val

> > Sorry, typo - why is this *cast* required?

> Just want to make same type.

Usually unless there's a reason to do a cast it's better to let the
compiler figure things out as a cast can stop the toolchain identifying
real issues for you.

      reply	other threads:[~2011-06-23 10:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-22  5:53 [PATCH 0/3] S5M8751 core driver Sangbeom Kim
2011-06-22  5:53 ` [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Add S5M8751 register definitions Sangbeom Kim
2011-06-22 12:42   ` Mark Brown
2011-06-22 23:59     ` Sangbeom Kim
2011-06-22  5:53 ` [PATCH 2/3] mfd: Add initial S5M8751 support Sangbeom Kim
2011-06-22 12:48   ` Mark Brown
2011-06-23  1:14     ` Sangbeom Kim
2011-07-04 14:07   ` Samuel Ortiz
2011-07-04 23:49     ` Sangbeom Kim
2011-06-22  5:53 ` [PATCH 3/3] mfd: Add I2C control support for S5M8751 Sangbeom Kim
2011-06-22  8:56   ` Maxin B John
2011-06-22 12:50   ` Mark Brown
2011-06-23  1:25     ` Sangbeom Kim
2011-06-23  1:28       ` Mark Brown
2011-06-23  2:21         ` Sangbeom Kim
2011-06-23 10:35           ` Mark Brown [this message]

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