Re: [PATCHv2] usb: typec: tps6598x: handle block writes separately with plain-I2C adapters

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Feb 21 2019 - 04:52:43 EST


On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 09:37:33AM +0100, Nikolaus Voss wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2019, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 04:22:00PM +0100, Nikolaus Voss wrote:
> > > > > v2: fix tps6598x_exec_cmd also
> > > > > ---
> > > > > drivers/usb/typec/tps6598x.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
> > > > > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tps6598x.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tps6598x.c
> > > > > index c84c8c189e90..c54b73fb2a2f 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/usb/typec/tps6598x.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tps6598x.c
> > > > > @@ -110,6 +110,20 @@ tps6598x_block_read(struct tps6598x *tps, u8 reg, void *val, size_t len)
> > > > > return 0;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > +static int tps6598x_block_write(struct tps6598x *tps, u8 reg,
> > > > > + void *val, size_t len)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + u8 data[len + 1];
> > > >
> > > > I thought the build system now warned when you did this :(
> > >
> > > I must admit I'm developing on 4.19 stable series, so no warnings...
> >
> > Ick, no, you are 6 months behind where the rest of us are :(
> >
> > Always, at the very least, work off of Linus's tree. For best results,
> > work off of linux-next.
>
> we are a medical device manufacturer and our prototypes run stable kernels
> because our main development goal is the patient therapy.

That's great, and fine, but testing on newer kernels is always a good
idea, that way you are not over a year behind when you have to move to
the next LTS release :)

thanks,

greg k-h