Re: [PATCH 2/2] iio: accel: kxcjk-1013: optimize i2c transfers in trigger handler

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> > > > +
> > > > +		values[i] = data & 0xFF;
> > > > +		values[i+1] = data >> 8;
> > > 
> > > this is incorrect; it forces the data to be little endian, however, the
> > > endianness (as specified in the driver's .scan_type) is IIO_CPU -- the
> > > code breaks for big-endian CPUs
> > > 
> > > since _read_i2c_block_data() can't do endianness conversion (and the chip
> > > does i2c endianness, i.e. little-endian), the .scan_type should become
> > > IIO_LE and above code is correct again but still ugly :)
> > > 
> > > bottom line: change .scan_type to IIO_LE
> > > 
> > Good point. Changing the endianess to IIO_LE is correct for either kxcjk1013_read_block_data or i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data.
> > Will fix this in the next version. Thanks for catching this!
> > 
> I don't think changing to IIO_LE is good idea as when i2c_read_bock..
> then the scan type will be CPU. So better to fix endianness in this
> function.

the chip has little-endian data registers; i2c_read_block() just transfers 
the data (no endianness conversion), so the data will still be 
little-endian

p.

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