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authorLuca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>2020-01-29 18:19:44 +0300
committerWolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>2020-01-30 00:01:49 +0300
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docs: i2c: smbus-protocol: improve I2C Block transactions description
Clarify from the beginning what these transactions are, and specifically how they differ from the SMBus counterparts, i.e. the lack of a Count byte. Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net> Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
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@@ -282,9 +282,10 @@ This is implemented the following way in the Linux kernel:
I2C Block Transactions
======================
-The following I2C block transactions are supported by the
-SMBus layer and are described here for completeness.
-They are *NOT* defined by the SMBus specification.
+The following I2C block transactions are similar to the SMBus Block Read
+and Write operations, except these do not have a Count byte. They are
+supported by the SMBus layer and are described here for completeness, but
+they are *NOT* defined by the SMBus specification.
I2C block transactions do not limit the number of bytes transferred
but the SMBus layer places a limit of 32 bytes.