Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:40:55 -0800 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6] Fix i2c messsage flags in video drivers |
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* Jean Delvare (khali@linux-fr.org) wrote: > Hi all, > > While working on the saa7110 driver I found a problem with the way > various video drivers (found on Zoran-based boards) prepare i2c messages > to be used by i2c_transfer. The drivers improperly copy the i2c client > flags as the message flags, while both sets are mostly unrelated. The > net effect in this case is to trigger an I2C block read instead of the > expected I2C block write. The fix is simply not to pass any flag, > because none are needed. > > I think this patch qualifies hands down as a "critical bug fix" to be > included in whatever bug-fix-only trees exist these days. As far as I > can see, all Zoran-based boards are broken in 2.6.11 without this patch.
Are people reporting this as a problem?
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