2 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx24116.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx24116.c
index cf1ec6c82042..26e65a66719a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx24116.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx24116.c
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static int cx24116_load_firmware(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 {
         struct cx24116_state *state = fe->demodulator_priv;
         struct cx24116_cmd cmd;
-        int i, ret;
+        int i, ret, len, remaining;
         unsigned char vers[4];
 
         dprintk("%s\n", __func__);
@@ -603,8 +603,19 @@ static int cx24116_load_firmware(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
         cx24116_writereg(state, 0xF5, 0x00);
         cx24116_writereg(state, 0xF6, 0x00);
 
-        /* write the entire firmware as one transaction */
-        cx24116_writeregN(state, 0xF7, fw->data, fw->size);
+        /* Split firmware to the max I2C write len and write.
+         * This overflows 16 bit intentionally in order to get max write
+         * len when i2c_wr_max is set to 0. */
+        for (remaining = fw->size; remaining > 0;
+                remaining -= (u16) (state->config->i2c_wr_max - 1)) {
+
+                len = remaining;
+                if (len > (u16) (state->config->i2c_wr_max - 1))
+                        len = (u16) (state->config->i2c_wr_max - 1);
+
+                cx24116_writeregN(state, 0xF7, &fw->data[fw->size - remaining],
+                        len);
+        }
 
         cx24116_writereg(state, 0xF4, 0x10);
         cx24116_writereg(state, 0xF0, 0x00);
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx24116.h b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx24116.h
index b1b76b47a14c..7d90ab949c03 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx24116.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx24116.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ struct cx24116_config {
 
         /* Need to set MPEG parameters */
         u8 mpg_clk_pos_pol:0x02;
+
+        /* max bytes I2C provider can write at once */
+        u16 i2c_wr_max;
 };
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DVB_CX24116) || \