From 95b83774e310fa5ef8fc60434ac55fe3dc375adc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Ceresoli Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:19:44 +0100 Subject: 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 Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang --- Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst b/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst index 7350e4b2c2fa..0edaf6069ac1 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst +++ b/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst @@ -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. -- cgit