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From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
To: Harini Katakam <harinikatakamlinux@gmail.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	"grant.likely@linaro.org" <grant.likely@linaro.org>,
	"robh+dt@kernel.org" <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <Pawel.Moll@arm.com>,
	"ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk" <ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk>,
	"galak@codeaurora.org" <galak@codeaurora.org>,
	"michal.simek@xilinx.com" <michal.simek@xilinx.com>,
	"soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com" <soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org" <linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	"vishnum@xilinx.com" <vishnum@xilinx.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] devicetree: bindings: Add defeature-repeated-start property for Cadence I2C
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 14:16:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141202131611.GC4072@katana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFcVECJwFoFd6GrmF282CG+fELnYb=FNCTDq=RYKky_dHha=Jg@mail.gmail.com>

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> But given the bugs, it will be useful to just disable it if the system doesn't
> require repeated start.

What do you do when disable repeated start? Sending STOP and START? If
so, this is really something different than repeated start. By using
I2C_FUNC_I2C a user expects repeated start, so if the HW does not
support it, we should say so and don't try to emulate it with something
different.

> If you think DT entry is not the way to go, do you think a CONFIG option or
> something better will work?

No, check at runtime if the transfer is possible on this HW. Bail out if
not.

> We chose a DT property because there is a good chance the user has multiple
> cadence I2C controllers - one connected to a slave that needs repeated start
> (like a power controller) and another that doesn't care.

The user should not need to know with this level of detail if we can
avoid it IMO.


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  reply	other threads:[~2014-12-02 13:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-02 10:05 [PATCH 0/4] Cadence I2C driver fixes Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 10:05 ` [PATCH 1/4] i2c: cadence: Handle > 252 byte transfers Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 10:05 ` [PATCH 2/4] i2c: cadence: Set the hardware time-out register to maximum value Harini Katakam
2014-12-03 11:28   ` Wolfram Sang
2014-12-02 10:05 ` [PATCH 3/4] devicetree: bindings: Add defeature-repeated-start property for Cadence I2C Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 11:19   ` Mark Rutland
2014-12-02 12:13     ` Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 12:52       ` Wolfram Sang
2014-12-02 13:10         ` Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 13:16           ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2014-12-02 13:30             ` Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 14:15               ` Wolfram Sang
2014-12-02 15:12                 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2014-12-02 10:05 ` [PATCH 4/4] i2c: cadence: Defeature repeated start based on devicetree property Harini Katakam
2014-12-02 11:21   ` Mark Rutland

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