On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 08:44:47AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 08:31:35AM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > > > > > > > After more discussion, brave users, and additional datasheet evaluation, > > > > > > some API updates for the new I2C slave framework became imminent. The > > > > > > slave events now get some easier to understand naming. Also, the event > > > > > > handling has been simplified to only send one event per interrupt. > > > > > what is an interrupt here? An event where the bus driver needs feedback > > > > > from the backend? > > > > > > > > More the other way around: when the bus driver needs to notify the > > > > backend. I wasn't 100% sure about the word 'interrupt', but then decided > > > > a HW slave support without interrupts would be so rare and adventurous > > > > that it is okay to use the term :) > > > Yeah, I agree on HW slave support without interrupts is hardly possible. > > > But I imagine that controllers differ in which situations they can issue > > > an interrupt so talking about them for generic code feels strange to me > > > because $flexiblecontrolerwithvariousirqs doesn't need to send more > > > events than $bareminimumcontroler. > > > > Do you have a better word at hand? "...to send one event per event"? :) > Maybe: > > Also, the event handling has been simplified to only need a > single call to the slave callback when an action by the backend > is required. Bought. Thank you.
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