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diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index d9c8dbd3373f..deddeb8c337c 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -342,11 +342,25 @@ i2c_register_board_info(int busnum, struct i2c_board_info const *info,
}
#endif /* I2C_BOARDINFO */
-/*
+/**
+ * struct i2c_algorithm - represent I2C transfer method
+ * @master_xfer: Issue a set of i2c transactions to the given I2C adapter
+ * defined by the msgs array, with num messages available to transfer via
+ * the adapter specified by adap.
+ * @smbus_xfer: Issue smbus transactions to the given I2C adapter. If this
+ * is not present, then the bus layer will try and convert the SMBus calls
+ * into I2C transfers instead.
+ * @functionality: Return the flags that this algorithm/adapter pair supports
+ * from the I2C_FUNC_* flags.
+ *
* The following structs are for those who like to implement new bus drivers:
* i2c_algorithm is the interface to a class of hardware solutions which can
* be addressed using the same bus algorithms - i.e. bit-banging or the PCF8584
* to name two of the most common.
+ *
+ * The return codes from the @master_xfer field should indicate the type of
+ * error code that occured during the transfer, as documented in the kernel
+ * Documentation file Documentation/i2c/fault-codes.
*/
struct i2c_algorithm {
/* If an adapter algorithm can't do I2C-level access, set master_xfer