Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] i2c: imx: only poll for bus busy in multi master mode

[Stefan Eichenberger <eichest@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 04:40:32PM +0200, Lucas Stach wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, dem 02.10.2024 um 13:19 +0200 schrieb Stefan Eichenberger:
> > From: Stefan Eichenberger <stefan.eichenberger@toradex.com>
> > 
> > According to the i.MX8M Mini reference manual chapter "16.1.4.2
> > Generation of Start" it is only necessary to poll for bus busy and
> > arbitration lost in multi master mode. This helps to avoid rescheduling
> > while the i2c bus is busy and avoids SMBus devices to timeout.
> > 
> This is a backward incompatible change, as far as I can see. Until now
> the driver would properly handle a multi-mastered bus, without any
> specific configuration. Now it requires the new multi-master DT
> property to be set, which isn't even documented in the binding to be
> understood by this driver.
> 
> Are you sure that every single instance of a i.MX i2c bus is only
> single mastered?
> 
> If this is a worthwhile performance improvement I guess you need to
> flip the logic around by adding a new single-master DT property (or
> something along those lines), which should go through proper DT binding
> review. You can then use this property for boards/busses to opt into
> skipping the arbitration lost check.

According to the discussion here the property documentation should not
be added:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-i2c/2bbddaxyjkxfmlgmq3yqcbzo7dsb2pq5bvdatk2y4ig4iintkt@35btqkdv7sy3/

However, the point regarding single-master and multi-master is correct.
We also discussed this internally and assumed the single-master use case
is more likely to be the default and that this patch series would fix
issues for other devices out there. However, your point is valid and if
preferred I can change it to single-master with the next version.

Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@toradex.com> I think you once had a
discussion regarding multi master mode for i2c on i.MX devices? Maybe
you can remember the details?

Regards,
Stefan