Messages in this thread | | | From | David Brownell <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] rtc-ds1307: True SMBus compatibility | Date | Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:48:55 -0800 |
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On Monday 05 January 2009, Ed Swierk wrote: > Reading or writing registers repeatedly until they stick is rather > nauseating but I'm aiming for correctness if not elegance. I would > appreciate any suggestions for improvement.
Can i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data()/i2c_ smbus_write_i2c_block_data() work better -- without nauseating anyone?
Faking atomic writes doesn't seem "correct" to me. Minimally there is the case of an alarm misfiring.
- Dave
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