Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Input: mms114 - use smbus functions whenever possible

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> > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 11:28:55PM +0300, Andi Shyti wrote:
> > > > The exchange of data to and from the mms114 touchscreen never
> > > > exceeds 256 bytes. In the worst case it goes up to 80 bytes in
> > > > the interrupt handler while reading the events.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() is actually limited to
> > > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX = 32.
> > 
> > oh sorry, I don't know how I slipped on this.
> > 
> > But this means that the i2c in the kernel is wrong (or outdated),
> > smbus specifies 256 bytes of data[*]. I might have relied on the
> > specification more than the code.
> > 
> > I guess SMBUS needs some update.
> 
> You are right. It seems like that part of the specification was changed
> with SMBus version 3.0 [1]:
> 
>   D.6 255 Bytes in Process Call:
>     The maximum number of bytes allowed in the Block Write-Block Read
>     Process Call (Section 6.5.8) was increased from 32 to 255.
> 
> [1]: http://www.smbus.org/specs/SMBus_3_0_20141220.pdf

yes :)

OK, then I would ask Dmitry to hold on this patch I will try to
update the smbus properly.

Thanks a lot for the review, Stephan!

Andi



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