Messages in this thread | | | From | David Brownell <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] take 2: (was-kind-of: 3/5 SPI tx_default) 2.6.20-rc6 | Date | Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:25:32 -0800 |
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On Saturday 27 January 2007 2:11 am, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote: > > From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> > > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:21:15 -0800 > > > > > That flag could work in conjunction with a byte > > > > > > Or why not a 32-bit word! > > > > If a driver wants a repeating 32-bit pattern, they should just > > provide a properly initialized tx buffer. > > I'm suggesting the default_tx_word be able to fill out "common" > values of bits_per_word when > 8, else it'd be useless as a > 1-filler for larger sizes than byte. Making it a single bit > then wouldn't cater to your debug-with-scope use-case.
That wasn't my idea, it was borrowed from someone else's debug arsenal. ;)
In any case, I think that sort of debug assist doesn't need to stay in production system. See the patch I posted previously...
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