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Date:   Sun, 20 Nov 2022 11:57:54 -0500
From:   William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@linaro.org>
To:     Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 11:51:50AM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 05:30:29PM +0100, Michael Walle wrote:
> > Am 2022-11-17 17:21, schrieb Mark Brown:
>=20
> > > It's probably useful to provide a query function in the regmap
> > > API for generic regmap users like this.
>=20
> > Now I'm confused. Last time, I've proposed that, there was push
> > back from you:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-gpio/20210430151908.GC5981@sirena.org.uk/
>=20
> > That being said, I'd prefer to have such a query API :)
>=20
> Now we have a generic user which cares about the distinction.

I plan on adding more drivers in future patch sets so I expect this to
actually grow in users. Having a query function in the regmap API would
be useful after all I think.

Michael, if you resubmit your proposal for such a function, please CC me
so I can be kept aware of this as well.

Thanks,

William Breathitt Gray

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