> So, I'll wait for his tests and then send it to Linus ASAP. I think it > should be in rc5. I've been able to confirm the regression my patch introduced, and the fix from Pontus. Doing a block read of the SPD EEPROM with my patch everything is shifted by a byte: [root@localhost ~]# i2cdump -y 0 0x50 i 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 0123456789abcdef 00: 13 0b 02 04 21 02 01 03 11 01 08 0a 00 fe 00 69 ????!???????.?.i 10: 78 69 30 69 11 18 81 20 08 3c 3c 00 f0 83 05 80 xi0i??? ?<<.???? 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 85 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........?....... 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0f 01 23 00 00 ...........??#.. 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 70: 00 00 00 00 80 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a6 dc 39 ....?,.......??9 80: 4b 53 46 35 31 32 37 32 41 5a 2d 31 47 36 45 31 KSF51272AZ-1G6E1 90: 20 45 31 80 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E1?,........... a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ................ b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 92 ...............? With the patch from Pontus the I2C block read works as expected: [root@localhost ~]# i2cdump -y 0 0x50 i 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 0123456789abcdef 00: 92 13 0b 02 04 21 02 01 03 11 01 08 0a 00 fe 00 ?????!???????.?. 10: 69 78 69 30 69 11 18 81 20 08 3c 3c 00 f0 83 05 ixi0i??? ?<<.??? 20: 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 85 00 00 00 00 00 00 ?........?...... 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0f 01 23 00 ............??#. 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 70: 00 00 00 00 00 80 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a6 dc .....?,.......?? 80: 39 4b 53 46 35 31 32 37 32 41 5a 2d 31 47 36 45 9KSF51272AZ-1G6E 90: 31 20 45 31 80 2c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1 E1?,.......... a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ The ipmi_ssif driver still works with this patch, so no issues for SMBus block reads. Tested-by: Stephen Douthit <stephend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>