Re: [RESEND] i2c: mediatek: Get device clock-stretch time via dts

Qii Wang
2021-04-07T12:15:56Z

On Tue, 2021-04-06 at 21:48 +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 04:04:24PM +0800, qii.wang@mediatek.com wrote:
> > From: Qii Wang <qii.wang@mediatek.com>
> >
> > tSU,STA/tHD,STA/tSU,STOP maybe out of spec due to device
> > clock-stretching or circuit loss, we could get device
> > clock-stretch time from dts to adjust these parameters
> > to meet the spec via EXT_CONF register.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Qii Wang <qii.wang@mediatek.com>
>
> I tried to understand from the code what the new binding expresses, but
> I don't fully understand it. Is it the maximum clock stretch time?
> Because I cannot recall a device which always uses the same delay for
> clock stretching.
>

Due to clock stretch, our HW IP cannot meet the ac-timing
spec(tSU;STA,tSU;STO).
There isn't a same delay for clock stretching, so we need pass a
parameter which can be found through measurement to meet most
conditions.