Re: i2c-powermac fails

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:05:13 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:19:19 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 12:49 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > > Oh. Well, if that was the case, we would see errors all the time, not
> > > just during initialization, right? Or does the I2C clock frequency
> > > change over time somehow?
> > 
> > No but maybe we are a bit on the "limit" of the device and some
> > registers take long to respond than others ?
> 
> Unlikely. The ADT7460 can run at I2C clock rates up to 400 kHz while
> the Keywest I2C runs at 25, 50 or 100 kHz if I read the code properly.
> I don't know what exact speed is used on Tim's system, apparently it is
> read from the hardware in the device tree directly?
> 
> We could have low_i2c.c log the I2C clock frequency and/or try to force
> the lowest speed (25 kHz) and see if it helps, but I very much doubt
> it. And I'd rather wait for Tim to report the result with my last patch
> first.

Ben, wouldn't this recent patch of yours be worth testing too?

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=11a50873ef2b3c1c3fe99a661c22c08f35d93553

If it solves problems at resume time, I guess it might also solve
problems at boot time?

-- 
Jean Delvare