On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 14:15, Oskar Schirmer wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 00:53:35 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >> On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 02:23:07PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 05:41, Daniel Glöckner wrote: >> > > On 05/06/2010 08:26 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> > >> i think it'd be a better idea to do something like: >> > >> if (spi->bits_per_word != 16) { >> > >> if (spi->bits_per_word) { >> > >> dev_err(&spi->dev, "Invalid SPI settings; bits_per_word must be 16\n"); >> > >> return -EINVAL; >> > >> } >> > >> spi->bits_per_word = 16; >> > >> spi_setup(spi); >> > >> } >> > > >> > > There is no way to set bits_per_word using struct spi_board_info. The >> > > description of that structure in spi.h explicitly lists the wordsize as >> > > one of the parameters drivers should set themself in probe(). >> > > >> > > Only struct bfin5xx_spi_chip allows to set this value in the board code. >> > >> > an obvious shortcoming in the SPI framework that should be fixed, but >> > that doesnt make any difference to the above code now does it ? it'll >> > operate correctly regardless of the SPI bus master. >> >> So is the updated patch coming? > > The basic question I see is, whether it is in the > responsibility of ad7877 to check a wrong setting > possibly caused in board specific code. If so, > then the proposal by Mike should be used, but if not > so, it would introduce unneeded code. > > Remember: both versions end up in correctly setting > bits_per_word, with the difference merely in feedback > level. imo, unsupported board settings should always be detected & rejected. all SPI master drivers do this (detect & reject unsupported SPI slave settings). -mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html