On 02/03/2016 04:18 PM, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Peter Meerwald-Stadler
> <pmeerw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>>> + .scan_index = _addr, \
>>>>> + .scan_type = { \
>>>>> + .sign = 's', \
>>>>> + .realbits = 12, \
>>>>> + .storagebits = 16, \
>>>>> + .shift = 4, \
>>>>> + .endianness = IIO_CPU, \
>>>>
>>>> I don't see the code for endianness conversion, I guess it should be _BE
>>>> (also below)
>>>
>>> Conversion register is _BE but I think here is better to use IIO_CPU.
>>> regmap_read() encapsulates a lot of magic, it actually does the endianness
>>> conversion.
>>
>> indeed, this is super complicated
>>
>>> converts the value read from reg endianess to cpu endianness (in our case
>>> there is a transparent call to b16_to_cpu).
>>
>> kind of, depending on what i2c capabilities you have :)
>>
>> anyway, your code *might* be correct :)
>
> Can you point a case where the code can be wrong?
It should always be correct. When using the raw I2C functions regmap does
the conversion, when the adapter only supports SMBUS and the SMBUS functions
are used those do the conversion.
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