Re: [PATCH 4/8 v7] drm/i915/intel_i2c: use WAIT cycle, not STOP

Daniel Kurtz
2012-04-11T18:18:11Z

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:03:04 +0200, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 06:56:15PM +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
>> > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> wrote:
>> > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:37:46PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>> > >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 07:46:39PM +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
>> > >> > The i915 is only able to generate a STOP cycle (i.e. finalize an i2c
>> > >> > transaction) during a DATA or WAIT phase.  In other words, the
>> > >> > controller rejects a STOP requested as part of the first transaction in a
>> > >> > sequence.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Thus, for the first transaction we must always use a WAIT cycle, detect
>> > >> > when the device has finished (and is in a WAIT phase), and then either
>> > >> > start the next transaction, or, if there are no more transactions,
>> > >> > generate a STOP cycle.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Note: Theoretically, the last transaction of a multi-transaction sequence
>> > >> > could initiate a STOP cycle.  However, this slight optimization is left
>> > >> > for another patch.  We return -ETIMEDOUT if the hardware doesn't
>> > >> > deactivate after the STOP cycle.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@chromium.org>
>> > >>
>> > >> I've re-read gmbus register spec and STOP seems to be allowed even in the
>> > >> first cycle. Does this patch solve an issue for you? If not, I prefer we
>> > >> just drop it.
>> >
>> > STOP does not work in the first cycle, hence the patch.
>>
>> Ok, I've picked this patch up and extended the comment a bit to that
>> effect. Just to avoid anyone else trying to 'fix' things because bspec
>> sounds like it should work.
>>
>> I've also picked up the other patches safe for the last one, thanks a lot
>> for digging through the gmbus code and fixing it all up.
>>
>> Now can I volunteer you for a (hopefully) last set of gmbus patches?
>> Afaics there are a few small things left to fix:
>> - zero-length reads can blow up the kernel, like zero-length writes could.
>>   See: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48269
>> - Chris Wilson suggested on irc that we should wait for HW_READY even for
>>   zero-length writes (and also reads), currently we don't.
>> - atm the debug output is too noisy. I think we can leave the fallback to
>>   gpio bitbanging at info (or maybe error) level, but all the other
>>   messages should be tuned down to DRM_DEBUG_KMS - these can easily be hit
>>   when userspace tries to probe the i2c with nothing connected or if the
>>   driver code tries to do the same. See:
>>   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48248
>>
>> Chris, anything you want to add to the wishlist?
>
> The last major item on the wishlist is solving how to drive the SDVO i2c
> over gmbus. I think it is just a matter of massaging in the channel
> switch as msg[0].

I noticed that random other i2c adapter, but haven't looked at it to
know why it is so different than the others. What is it?

> -Chris
>
> --
> Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre