Re: [PATCH RESEND] FusionHDTV: Use quick reads for I2C IR device probing

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

Mauro,

On Wed, 26 May 2010 15:05:11 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> IR support on FusionHDTV cards is broken since kernel 2.6.31. One side
> effect of the switch to the standard binding model for IR I2C devices
> was to let i2c-core do the probing instead of the ir-kbd-i2c driver.
> There is a slight difference between the two probe methods: i2c-core
> uses 0-byte writes, while the ir-kbd-i2c was using 0-byte reads. As
> some IR I2C devices only support reads, the new probe method fails to
> detect them.
> 
> For now, revert to letting the driver do the probe, using 0-byte
> reads. In the future, i2c-core will be extended to let callers of
> i2c_new_probed_device() provide a custom probing function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
> Tested-by: "Timothy D. Lenz" <tlenz@vorgon.com>
> ---
> This fix applies to kernels 2.6.31 to 2.6.34. Should be sent to Linus
> quickly. I had already sent on March 29th, but apparently it was
> overlooked. I have further i2c patches which depend on this one, so
> please process it quickly, otherwise I'll have to push it myself.

This fix is still not upstream! What do I have to do to get it there?
Please!

>  drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885-i2c.c |   12 +++++++++++-
>  drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c       |   16 +++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-2.6.34-rc1.orig/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885-i2c.c	2010-02-25 09:10:33.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.34-rc1/drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885-i2c.c	2010-03-18 13:33:05.000000000 +0100
> @@ -365,7 +365,17 @@ int cx23885_i2c_register(struct cx23885_
>  
>  		memset(&info, 0, sizeof(struct i2c_board_info));
>  		strlcpy(info.type, "ir_video", I2C_NAME_SIZE);
> -		i2c_new_probed_device(&bus->i2c_adap, &info, addr_list);
> +		/*
> +		 * We can't call i2c_new_probed_device() because it uses
> +		 * quick writes for probing and the IR receiver device only
> +		 * replies to reads.
> +		 */
> +		if (i2c_smbus_xfer(&bus->i2c_adap, addr_list[0], 0,
> +				   I2C_SMBUS_READ, 0, I2C_SMBUS_QUICK,
> +				   NULL) >= 0) {
> +			info.addr = addr_list[0];
> +			i2c_new_device(&bus->i2c_adap, &info);
> +		}
>  	}
>  
>  	return bus->i2c_rc;
> --- linux-2.6.34-rc1.orig/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c	2010-02-25 09:08:40.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.34-rc1/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-i2c.c	2010-03-18 13:33:05.000000000 +0100
> @@ -188,10 +188,24 @@ int cx88_i2c_init(struct cx88_core *core
>  			0x18, 0x6b, 0x71,
>  			I2C_CLIENT_END
>  		};
> +		const unsigned short *addrp;
>  
>  		memset(&info, 0, sizeof(struct i2c_board_info));
>  		strlcpy(info.type, "ir_video", I2C_NAME_SIZE);
> -		i2c_new_probed_device(&core->i2c_adap, &info, addr_list);
> +		/*
> +		 * We can't call i2c_new_probed_device() because it uses
> +		 * quick writes for probing and at least some R receiver
> +		 * devices only reply to reads.
> +		 */
> +		for (addrp = addr_list; *addrp != I2C_CLIENT_END; addrp++) {
> +			if (i2c_smbus_xfer(&core->i2c_adap, *addrp, 0,
> +					   I2C_SMBUS_READ, 0,
> +					   I2C_SMBUS_QUICK, NULL) >= 0) {
> +				info.addr = *addrp;
> +				i2c_new_device(&core->i2c_adap, &info);
> +				break;
> +			}
> +		}
>  	}
>  	return core->i2c_rc;
>  }
> 
> 

-- 
Jean Delvare