Re: [PATCH] regmap: provide regmap_assign_bits()

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Thu Oct 29 2020 - 11:52:44 EST


On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 4:48 PM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 04:44:16PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 4:18 PM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 04:10:15PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
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> > > > Add another bits helper to regmap API: this one sets given bits if value
> > > > is true and clears them if it's false.
>
> > > What's the use case?
>
> > Basically what the function does: set bits if a condition is true,
> > clear them if false. I think this is a common enough use-case to
> > warrant a helper.
>
> I can tell what the function does, I can't tell why you'd want it and
> simply stating that it's common isn't helping me here :(

Got it, I'll resend this together with the patches that need it then.

Bartosz