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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/i2c.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/i2c.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h index d9c8dbd3373..deddeb8c337 100644 --- a/include/linux/i2c.h +++ b/include/linux/i2c.h @@ -342,11 +342,25 @@ i2c_register_board_info(int busnum, struct i2c_board_info const *info, } #endif /* I2C_BOARDINFO */ -/* +/** + * struct i2c_algorithm - represent I2C transfer method + * @master_xfer: Issue a set of i2c transactions to the given I2C adapter + * defined by the msgs array, with num messages available to transfer via + * the adapter specified by adap. + * @smbus_xfer: Issue smbus transactions to the given I2C adapter. If this + * is not present, then the bus layer will try and convert the SMBus calls + * into I2C transfers instead. + * @functionality: Return the flags that this algorithm/adapter pair supports + * from the I2C_FUNC_* flags. + * * The following structs are for those who like to implement new bus drivers: * i2c_algorithm is the interface to a class of hardware solutions which can * be addressed using the same bus algorithms - i.e. bit-banging or the PCF8584 * to name two of the most common. + * + * The return codes from the @master_xfer field should indicate the type of + * error code that occured during the transfer, as documented in the kernel + * Documentation file Documentation/i2c/fault-codes. */ struct i2c_algorithm { /* If an adapter algorithm can't do I2C-level access, set master_xfer |