Re: [PATCH] rtc-ds1307: True SMBus compatibility

[David Brownell]

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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