[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] mx6sx: pins: Enable SION for I2C3 iomux setting

[Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>]

Hi everybody,

On 15/02/2015 16:11, Nikolay Dimitrov wrote:
>> Checked in manual, thanks for link. However, I have still a couple of
>> questions. The controller can work as slave or as master, and according
>> to the manual, the slave is the default after a reset. I understand that
>> putting the controller into slave mode must require the SION bit set.
>> Anyway, you are using I2C3 as master in your patch 4/4. Is it still
>> mandatory even in this case to set the SION bit ? The manual states that
>> to use the signal as input the SION bit must be set, but as far as I see
>> in the patchset SCL is output only.
> 
> Just tested the behavior of SION bit on imx6sl (riotboard), as I don't
> have imx6sx hardware.
> 
> For the test I used I2C4, located on expansion connector J13. I
> verified that the SION bits are enabled after boot:
> 
> # devregs IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO07
> IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO07:0x020e0238    =0x00000018
> 
> # devregs IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO08
> IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO08:0x020e023c    =0x00000018
> 
> I also verified that the I2C interface works as expected (by observing
> I2C transactions on a digital scope):
> 
> i2cdetect -y 3
> 
> This works so far. Then I disabled the SION bits for both iomuxes:
> 
> # devregs IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO07 0x08
> IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO07:0x020e0238    =0x00000018
> IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO07:0x020e0238 == 0x00000018...0x00000008
> 
> # devregs IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO08 0x08
> IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO08:0x020e023c    =0x00000018
> IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO08:0x020e023c == 0x00000018...0x00000008
> 
> Now interface I2C4 doesn't work anymore. Instead of complete I2C
> transactions, I see just a single pulses on both clock/data lines,
> repeated on each 500ms. At the same time i2cdetect scans the address
> space much more slowly than usual, and it looks like it timeouts on
> each single address check for the same amount of time (500ms).
> 
> Restoring the SION bits for clock & data restores the I2C4
> functionality. All the time the port was in master mode.
> 
> I don't have experience with imx6sx, but if the I2C IP core was reused
> for imx6sx (which is very likely), then I tend to agree with Ye Li that
> the SION bits will have to be enabled.

Thanks for testing and to share your experience. I will merge Li's patch
now.

Thanks again,
Stefano Babic

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