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From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
To: jean-jacques hiblot <jjhiblot@traphandler.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 REPOST 4/4] i2c: i2c-ibm-iic: Implements a polling mode
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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 04:12:56PM +0100, jean-jacques hiblot wrote:
> From: jean-jacques hiblot <jjhiblot@gmail.com>
>=20
> When no valid interrupt is defined for the controller, use polling to han=
dle
> the transfers.
> The polling mode can also be forced with the "iic_force_poll" module para=
meter.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: jean-jacques hiblot <jjhiblot@traphandler.com>

Do I understand correctly: Polling was not available after patch 2 until pa=
tch 4?

Has the signal handling been tested extensively? Most drivers do not
handle signals because it is usually cumbersome to cancel a transfer
gracefully. That being said, it might work well for you here.


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