[U-Boot] [PATCH] i2c: merge all i2c_reg_read() and i2c_reg_write() into inline functions
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Sat Oct 4 01:39:32 CEST 2008
Dear Timur,
In message <48E6A9D5.4050307 at freescale.com> you wrote:
>
> The PRINTD is irrelevant. If these platforms really want to debug single I2C
> operations, they can add the code back. It's just debug code, so I would think
> that it's not worth sacrificing the improved code simplicity just for that.
This is your opinion. I think you cannot really speak for others. I
think you should ask the respective maintainers of the code first
before changing their code.
> > And when you claim "We can save space" - which sort of space are you
> > talking about? Dos this reduce the memory footprint of the code?
>
> I ran a couple tests, and u-boot.bin didn't change in size, but technically, it
> should be smaller because the compiler will optimize the code into a normal call
> to i2c_read or i2c_write.
Hm... why didn't the size change, then?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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