Re: [PATCH] i2c-dev: Add support for I2C_M_RECV_LEN

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On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:16:19 -0400, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> Yes again, the modified i2c-at91.c driver that I am using does not
> have support for I2C_M_RECV_LEN.

Did you try my patch?

> However stepping back from the minor I2C_M_RECV_LEN issue and looking
> directly at the i2c-at91 driver itself. My patch to this broken
> driver is included below and applies clean against lk 3.2.8
> (but I note that it needs work to apply against lk 3.3). My patch
> works for the AT91SAM9G20 and I have positive feedback from
> the users of board-foxg20 based on that MCU.

I picked this patch from your website already, and forward ported it,
my own patch was on top of yours.

> However I see that Nikolaus Voss has submitted a replacement driver
> for the i2c-at91 that works for the G45 which has two TWI units.
> Is that driver going into the mainline? Surely it is much better
> than the broken i2c-at91 driver that has been sitting broken for
> way too long. Atmel are bringing out new MCUs in that family which
> have 3 TWI units (e.g. AT91SAM9G25). Apart from the limitations
> about repeated starts surely Atmel have fixed the problems referred
> to in existing mainline i2c-at91.c driver from circa 2006.
> 
> My vote would be to add Nikolaus Voss's driver ASAP.

I'm not into embedded devices, so this isn't my call.

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Jean Delvare
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