i2c: Split I2C_M_NOSTART support out of I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / Documentation / i2c / functionality

diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/functionality b/Documentation/i2c/functionality
index 42c17c1fb3cdf74e25a12e11d4416dd41e5f1f9a..b0ff2ab596ce56d4082850d19cc446a6d0c2782e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/i2c/functionality
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/functionality
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ For the most up-to-date list of functionality constants, please check
                                   adapters typically can not do these)
   I2C_FUNC_10BIT_ADDR             Handles the 10-bit address extensions
   I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING      Knows about the I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK,
-                                  I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR, I2C_M_NOSTART and
-                                  I2C_M_NO_RD_ACK flags (which modify the
-                                  I2C protocol!)
+                                  I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR and I2C_M_NO_RD_ACK
+                                  flags (which modify the I2C protocol!)
+  I2C_FUNC_NOSTART                Can skip repeated start sequence
   I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK            Handles the SMBus write_quick command
   I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE        Handles the SMBus read_byte command
   I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE       Handles the SMBus write_byte command
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ A few combinations of the above flags are also defined for your convenience:
                                   emulated by a real I2C adapter (using
                                   the transparent emulation layer)
 
+In kernel versions prior to 3.5 I2C_FUNC_NOSTART was implemented as
+part of I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING.
+
 
 ADAPTER IMPLEMENTATION
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