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From: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
To: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@chromium.org>
Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
	Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>,
	Yufeng Shen <miletus@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7 v6] drm/i915/intel_i2c: use INDEX cycles for i2c read transactions
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:25:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120329092532.GF4106@phenom.ffwll.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGS+omBWDoc2YiKPmBJ7=iEr+1DFBZp0EDCpPwP9c7FcbC4iew@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 04:37:18PM +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:52 AM, Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:26:37 +0800, Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@chromium.org> wrote:
> >> It is very common for an i2c device to require a small 1 or 2 byte write
> >> followed by a read.  For example, when reading from an i2c EEPROM it is
> >> common to write and address, offset or index followed by a reading some
> >> values.
> >
> > Hmm, I have
> >
> > "gmbus1, bits 8-15: 8-bit GMBUS slave register
> > This field is redundant and should not be used."
> >
> > Scary. :)
> 
> Perhaps INDEX ops are only available on some chipsets?
> Is this something you can double check?

I think index ops are available, the text sounds more like a hint to the
programmer that for VCH devices you should use word reg index access (i.e.
gmbus 5). We'll see when it blows up.
-Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
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  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-29  9:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-28 18:26 [PATCH 0/7 v6] fix gmbus writes and related issues Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-28 18:26 ` [PATCH 1/7 v6] drm/i915/intel_i2c: handle zero-length writes Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-28 18:34   ` Chris Wilson
2012-03-28 18:26 ` [PATCH 2/7 v6] drm/i915/intel_i2c: use double-buffered writes Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-28 18:41   ` Chris Wilson
2012-03-29  8:46     ` Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-29  9:15       ` Daniel Vetter
2012-03-28 18:26 ` [PATCH 3/7 v6] drm/i915/intel_i2c: always wait for IDLE before clearing NAK Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-28 18:26 ` [PATCH 4/7 v6] drm/i915/intel_i2c: use WAIT cycle, not STOP Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-28 18:48   ` Chris Wilson
2012-03-29  8:39     ` Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-28 18:26 ` [PATCH 5/7 v6] drm/i915/intel_i2c: use INDEX cycles for i2c read transactions Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-28 18:52   ` Chris Wilson
2012-03-29  8:37     ` Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-29  9:25       ` Daniel Vetter [this message]
2012-03-28 18:26 ` [PATCH 6/7 v6] drm/i915/intel_i2c: reuse GMBUS2 value read in polling loop Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-28 18:53   ` Chris Wilson
2012-03-28 18:26 ` [PATCH 7/7 v6] drm/i915/intel_i2c: remove POSTING_READ() from gmbus transfers Daniel Kurtz
2012-03-28 18:53   ` Chris Wilson

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