Re: [PATCH] i2c-xiic.c must always write 16-bit words to TX_FIFO

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On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 03:34:39PM -0400, Steven A. Falco wrote:
> The TX_FIFO register is 10 bits wide.  The lower 8 bits are the data to be
> written, while the upper two bits are flags to indicate stop/start.
> 
> The driver apparently attempted to optimize write access, by only writing a
> byte in those cases where the stop/start bits are zero.  However, we have
> seen cases where the lower byte is duplicated onto the upper byte by the
> hardware, which causes inadvertent stop/starts.
> 
> This patch changes the write access to the transmit FIFO to always be 16 bits
> wide.
> 
> Signed off by: Steven A. Falco <sfalco@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to for-next, and added stable, thanks!

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