Re: [PATCHv2] lis3lv02d: support both one- and two-byte sensors

> Sensors responding with 0x3B to WHO_AM_I only have one data register per
> direction, thus returning a signed byte from the position which is
> occupied by the MSB in sensors responding with 0x3A.
> 
> We support both kind of sensors by checking for the sensor type on init
> and defining appropriate data-access routines and sensor limits (for the
> joystick) depending on what we find.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> This is the other version of the patch, and it changes access to use the
> base address from the 8-bit, so the 16-bit routine is changed to access
> the PREVIOUS byte for the LSB.
> 
> Choose whichever of the patches is deemed more correct 8-)
> 
> Note that both patches are based off Linus tree, so I don't know how
> they cope with Pavel's "don't touch too much on init" one. I'll try to
> work out a patch on top of that too.

> +static s16 lis3lv02d_read_8(acpi_handle handle, int reg)
> +{
> +	u8 lo;
> +	adev.read(handle, reg, &lo);
> +	return *((s8*)(&lo));
> +}