Re: [PATCH] gpio: pca953x: Use correct u16 value for register word write

From: Alexander Stein
Date: Tue Mar 29 2016 - 10:39:49 EST


You missed CC'ing Phil (Added for this post)

On Tuesday 29 March 2016 20:53:58, Yong Li wrote:
> Thanks for your comment, I think I can change it to val[0] | (val[1]
> << 8), is it okay ?

Mh, currently there is only one caller (device_pca953x_init) which passes only
0, 0 or 0xff, 0xff, so endianess is irrelevant. But to be future proof this
should be done in an endian-safe manner. Though cpu_to_le16p does not work,
due to same alignment problem as casting to u16*.

Best regards,
Alexander