From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Juergen Bausa Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:44:17 +0000 Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] dme1737 0-002e: Write to register 0x30 failed! Message-Id: <1719565594@web.de> List-Id: References: <1642847378@web.de> In-Reply-To: <1642847378@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org Juer, Jean, > -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Juerg Haefliger" > Gesendet: 18.10.07 06:53:47 > An: "Jean Delvare" > CC: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org > Betreff: Re: [lm-sensors] dme1737 0-002e: Write to register 0x30 failed! >=20 > > > That > > > should definitely get retried. I can certainly do that at the dme1737 > > > level but I don't think that's the right place. Jean? > > > > Assuming that "busy" means that the nForce chip did not even attempt to > > send the message (or lost arbitration, which is equivalent), this > > specific error could be handled in i2c-nforce2, by retrying. The > > problem is that you have to decide how many times you retry, and how > > much time you wait between retries (there doesn't seem to be a way to > > test if the SMBus is busy before trying, right?) >=20 > The i2c-nforce2 driver already spins for 10 msecs before deciding to > give up. I'd just retry once after that and see what happens. >=20 > Juergen: Can you apply the attached patch and give it a whirl? >=20 Since i applied the patch I got no more errors. Juergen ______________________________________________________________________ XXL-Speicher, PC-Virenschutz, Spartarife & mehr: Nur im WEB.DE Club! =09 Jetzt testen! http://produkte.web.de/club/?mc=021130 _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors