Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] i2c: riic: Add `riic_bus_barrier()` to check bus availability

Geert Uytterhoeven
2024-12-18T13:31:49Z

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 1:16 AM Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
>
> Introduce a new `riic_bus_barrier()` function to verify bus availability
> before initiating an I2C transfer. This function enhances the bus
> arbitration check by ensuring that the SDA and SCL lines are not held low,
> in addition to checking the BBSY flag using `readb_poll_timeout()`.
>
> Previously, only the BBSY flag was checked to determine bus availability.
> However, it is possible for the SDA line to remain low even when BBSY = 0.
> This new implementation performs an additional check on the SDA and SCL
> lines to avoid potential bus contention issues.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
> ---
> v1->v2
> - Used single register read to check SDA/SCL lines

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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