Re: [PATCH v5 6/8] iio: gyro: bmg160: optimize i2c transfers in trigger handler

[Wolfram Sang]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:09:43AM +0200, Markus Pargmann wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 10:24:47AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > On 12/08/15 15:31, Irina Tirdea wrote:
> > > Some i2c busses (e.g.: Synopsys DesignWare I2C adapter) need to
> > > enable/disable the bus at each i2c transfer and must wait for
> > > the enable/disable to happen before sending the data.
> > > 
> > > When reading data in the trigger handler, the bmg160 driver does
> > > one i2c transfer for each axis. This has an impact on the frequency
> > > of the gyroscope at high sample rates due to additional delays
> > > introduced by the i2c bus at each transfer.
> > > 
> > > Reading all axis values in one i2c transfer reduces the delays
> > > introduced by the i2c bus. Uses i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data_or_emulated
> > > that will fallback to reading each axis as a separate word in case i2c
> > > block read is not supported.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Irina Tirdea <irina.tirdea@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Acked-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Note, that in the meantime the bmg160 driver just went all regmap
> > on us (as part of adding SPI support - though that step hasn't
> > happened yet).  Hence we'll need a means of telling regmap about this
> > possibility.
> 
> Perhaps this is covered by a regmap_bulk_read()?
> 
> The series[1] I am working on implements a i2c smbus block data regmap
> bus driver. Regmap should then automatically do a block read in
> regmap_bulk_read.

Hmm, so doesn't your series make Irina's series obsolete? It addresses
the same problem only at a different layer (i2c core vs. regmap), or? It
would mean that i2c client drivers which want to support byte, word, or
block transfers should be converted to regmap. I assume most of the
potential candidates are register based devices anyhow. Then, regmap
would be the proper abstraction layer. Have I overlooked something?

Thanks,

   Wolfram

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