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From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
To: Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@topic.nl>
Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	nsekhar@ti.com, khilman@deeprootsystems.com,
	davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c-davinci: Handle signals gracefully
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:24:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140310152406.GD11592@katana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140310105952.GA7227@katana>

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> > >Even more, you should complete the whole transfer. There are devices
> > >where things can really go wrong if you send a half-complete command and
> > >then start with the next one. So, not checking signals at all is the way
> > >to go for I2C drivers. There is some cruft left, so I am happy about
> > >patches fixing that, with testing on real HW. Like yours here.
> > 
> > I agree.
> > 
> > I know the Zynq (using a cadence controller) also lets signals
> > interrupt I2C transfers, so I'll propose a patch to Xilinx and CC to
> > you and linux-i2c to completely remove signal handling from that
> > driver as well.
> 
> Cool, thanks!

Are you going to update the davinci patch as well?


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  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-10 15:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-09 11:11 [PATCH] i2c-davinci: Handle signals gracefully Mike Looijmans
2014-03-09 20:21 ` Wolfram Sang
2014-03-10 10:24   ` Mike Looijmans
2014-03-10 10:59     ` Wolfram Sang
2014-03-10 15:24       ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2014-03-14  6:43         ` Mike Looijmans
2014-03-14  6:42 ` Mike Looijmans
2014-03-24 16:14   ` Wolfram Sang
2014-05-21  8:17     ` Wolfram Sang
2014-05-24 11:53       ` Mike Looijmans
2014-06-01 20:11         ` Wolfram Sang
2014-11-08 21:51           ` Wolfram Sang
2014-11-10 14:49             ` Mike Looijmans

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