public inbox for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: wsa@the-dreams.de (Wolfram Sang)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] devicetree: bindings: Add defeature-repeated-start property for Cadence I2C
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:15:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141202141548.GA5883@katana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFcVECKMqACtumHZGHbToUUSjd_dWCcLbu=_ZjNnnGdAZQ_3fg@mail.gmail.com>

> > What do you do when disable repeated start? Sending STOP and START? If
> > so, this is really something different than repeated start. By using
> > I2C_FUNC_I2C a user expects repeated start, so if the HW does not
> > support it, we should say so and don't try to emulate it with something
> > different.
> 
> Yes, we send stop.

As said before, this is wrong. Another master could interfere between
the messages when using stop+start. This is no replacement for repeated
start.

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 819 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/attachments/20141202/a074f1c4/attachment-0001.sig>

  reply	other threads:[~2014-12-02 14:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-02 10:05 [PATCH 0/4] Cadence I2C driver fixes Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 10:05 ` [PATCH 1/4] i2c: cadence: Handle > 252 byte transfers Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 10:05 ` [PATCH 2/4] i2c: cadence: Set the hardware time-out register to maximum value Harini Katakam
2014-12-03 11:28   ` Wolfram Sang
2014-12-02 10:05 ` [PATCH 3/4] devicetree: bindings: Add defeature-repeated-start property for Cadence I2C Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 11:19   ` Mark Rutland
2014-12-02 12:13     ` Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 12:52       ` Wolfram Sang
2014-12-02 13:10         ` Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 13:16           ` Wolfram Sang
2014-12-02 13:30             ` Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 14:15               ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2014-12-02 15:12                 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2014-12-02 10:05 ` [PATCH 4/4] i2c: cadence: Defeature repeated start based on devicetree property Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 11:21   ` Mark Rutland

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20141202141548.GA5883@katana \
    --to=wsa@the-dreams.de \
    --cc=linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox