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From: David Brownell <david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: i2c-GZX6beZjE8VD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.25-git] i2c_adapters:  return -Errno not -1
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 00:32:53 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200805110032.54247.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080510201825.489198d2-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>

On Saturday 10 May 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> I am in the process of reviewing and testing this patch. I think it
> would help me if you could list your error value choices for the common
> error conditions of I2C and SMBus controllers (bus busy, arbitration
> lost, transaction timeout, etc.) With such a list I could check the
> different drivers for consistency, and maybe this could even become
> documentation for future driver authors.

Yeah, I'll write something up.  Agreed that would be handy ... and
since not all the fault codes indicate errors (losing arbitration,
for example), it's important to agree on codes where we think that
drivers should eventually be able to kick in recovery strategies.

- Dave


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-05-11  7:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-02  3:46 [patch 2.6.25-git] i2c_adapters: return -Errno not -1 David Brownell
     [not found] ` <200805012046.07885.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-10 18:18   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]     ` <20080510201825.489198d2-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-11  7:32       ` David Brownell [this message]
2008-05-12 16:48       ` David Brownell
     [not found]         ` <200805120948.23842.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-14 12:17           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20080514141738.327be680-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-14 14:48               ` David Brownell
2008-05-14 14:50               ` David Brownell
     [not found]                 ` <200805140750.49365.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-15 18:33                   ` Jean Delvare
2008-05-10 20:55   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]     ` <20080510225548.36297637-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-11  8:17       ` David Brownell
     [not found]         ` <200805110117.23023.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-11 10:26           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20080511122647.1e04c9c0-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-11 16:23               ` David Brownell
     [not found]                 ` <200805110923.44693.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 14:05                   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                     ` <20080512160537.13e7739a-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 16:44                       ` David Brownell
2008-05-11 17:13       ` David Brownell
     [not found]         ` <200805111013.25440.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 13:05           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20080512150512.1837e3e7-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 16:25               ` David Brownell
     [not found]                 ` <200805120925.33533.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 16:54                   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                     ` <20080512185439.1a9cf3c1-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-12 17:08                       ` David Brownell
2008-05-11 17:16       ` David Brownell
2008-05-12 16:43       ` David Brownell
     [not found]         ` <200805120943.04899.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-15 17:16           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20080515191631.7791346c-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-18  0:54               ` David Brownell
     [not found]                 ` <200805171754.15976.david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-18  7:06                   ` Jean Delvare

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