From 4b2643d7d9bdcd776749e17f73c168ddf02e93cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Delvare Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:12:29 +0200 Subject: i2c: Fix the i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() prototype Let the drivers specify how many bytes they want to read with i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(). So far, the block count was hard-coded to I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX (32), which did not make much sense. Many driver authors complained about this before, and I believe it's about time to fix it. Right now, authors have to do technically stupid things, such as individual byte reads or full-fledged I2C messaging, to work around the problem. We do not want to encourage that. I even found that some bus drivers (e.g. i2c-amd8111) already implemented I2C block read the "right" way, that is, they didn't follow the old, broken standard. The fact that it was never noticed before just shows how little i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() was used, which isn't that surprising given how broken its prototype was so far. There are some obvious compatiblity considerations: * This changes the i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() prototype. Users outside the kernel tree will notice at compilation time, and will have to update their code. * User-space has access to i2c_smbus_xfer() directly using i2c-dev, so the changed expectations would affect tools such as i2cdump. In order to preserve binary compatibility, we give I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA a new numeric value, and define I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_BROKEN with the old numeric value. When i2c-dev receives a transaction with the old value, it can convert it to the new format on the fly. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare --- include/linux/i2c.h | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h index 44f2ecf47d9..2eaba21b9b1 100644 --- a/include/linux/i2c.h +++ b/include/linux/i2c.h @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ extern s32 i2c_smbus_write_block_data(struct i2c_client * client, const u8 *values); /* Returns the number of read bytes */ extern s32 i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client, - u8 command, u8 *values); + u8 command, u8 length, u8 *values); extern s32 i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client, u8 command, u8 length, const u8 *values); @@ -524,8 +524,9 @@ union i2c_smbus_data { #define I2C_SMBUS_WORD_DATA 3 #define I2C_SMBUS_PROC_CALL 4 #define I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA 5 -#define I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA 6 +#define I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_BROKEN 6 #define I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_PROC_CALL 7 /* SMBus 2.0 */ +#define I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA 8 /* ----- commands for the ioctl like i2c_command call: -- cgit v1.2.3