On 8/29/2018 10:35 AM, David Frey wrote: > Hi, > > I just want to float an idea and see if it gets any support. > > In struct regmap_config, there is a member "bool use_single_rw" which is > documented as follows: > > "If set, converts the bulk read and write operations into a series of > single read and write operations. This is useful for device that does > not support bulk read and write." > > My idea is to split this into: > bool use_single_read; > bool use_single_write; > > I think this would be useful because at least one device that I'm using > (Bosch bmi160 IMU) supports bulk reads, but not bulk writes. It would > be convenient to be able to use regmap_bulk_read and regmap_bulk_write > and have only regmap_bulk_write split the writes apart. This change > would also support the case where a device supports bulk writes, but not > bulk reads. I don't know of such a device, but I haven't made any > attempt to find one. > > What do you think? > > David Frey I realized after I sent this that this is a regmap change and thus might be out of scope for discussion on the linux-iio mailing list. Is there somewhere more appropriate to post this to? Thanks, David
