Regmap: Converts group operation into single read write operations

index d92e9b1..2eb7197 100644
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ struct regmap {
 
 	struct reg_default *patch;
 	int patch_regs;
+
+	/* if set, converts bulk rw to single rw */
+	bool use_single_rw;
 };
 
 struct regcache_ops {

index 8a25006..a9a2c27 100644
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ struct regmap *regmap_init(struct device *dev,
 		map->reg_stride = config->reg_stride;
 	else
 		map->reg_stride = 1;
+	if (config->use_single_rw)
+		map->use_single_rw = config->use_single_rw;
 	map->dev = dev;
 	map->bus = bus;
 	map->bus_context = bus_context;

@@ -686,7 +688,21 @@ int regmap_bulk_write(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, const void *val,
 		for (i = 0; i < val_count * val_bytes; i += val_bytes)
 			map->format.parse_val(wval + i);
 	}
-	ret = _regmap_raw_write(map, reg, wval, val_bytes * val_count);
+	/*
+	 * Some devices does not support bulk write, for
+	 * them we have a series of single write operations.
+	 */
+	if (map->use_single_rw) {
+		for (i = 0; i < val_count; i++) {
+			ret = regmap_raw_write(map,
+						reg + (i * map->reg_stride),
+						val + (i * val_bytes),
+						val_bytes);
+			if (ret != 0)
+				return ret;
+		}
+	} else
+		ret = _regmap_raw_write(map, reg, wval, val_bytes * val_count);
 
 	if (val_bytes != 1)
 		kfree(wval);

@@ -855,9 +871,25 @@ int regmap_bulk_read(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg, void *val,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (vol || map->cache_type == REGCACHE_NONE) {
-		ret = regmap_raw_read(map, reg, val, val_bytes * val_count);
-		if (ret != 0)
-			return ret;
+		/*
+		 * Some devices does not support bulk read, for
+		 * them we have a series of single read operations.
+		 */
+		if (map->use_single_rw) {
+			for (i = 0; i < val_count; i++) {
+				ret = regmap_raw_read(map,
+						reg + (i * map->reg_stride),
+						val + (i * val_bytes),
+						val_bytes);
+				if (ret != 0)
+					return ret;
+			}
+		} else {
+			ret = regmap_raw_read(map, reg, val,
+					      val_bytes * val_count);
+			if (ret != 0)
+				return ret;
+		}
 
 		for (i = 0; i < val_count * val_bytes; i += val_bytes)
 			map->format.parse_val(val + i);

index 0258bcd..ae797b1 100644
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ struct reg_default {
  * @write_flag_mask: Mask to be set in the top byte of the register when doing
  *                   a write. If both read_flag_mask and write_flag_mask are
  *                   empty the regmap_bus default masks are used.
+ * @use_single_rw: If set, converts the bulk read and write operations into
+ *		    a series of single read and write operations. This is useful
+ *		    for device that does not support bulk read and write.
  *
  * @cache_type: The actual cache type.
  * @reg_defaults_raw: Power on reset values for registers (for use with

@@ -104,6 +107,8 @@ struct regmap_config {
 
 	u8 read_flag_mask;
 	u8 write_flag_mask;
+
+	bool use_single_rw;
 };
 
 typedef int (*regmap_hw_write)(void *context, const void *data,