Hi Wolfram, thanks for the review! > > + > > + /* Settings */ > > + unsigned int scl_frequency; > > + > > + /* Synchronization & notification */ > > + spinlock_t lock; > > Why the lock? The core has per-adapter locks anyhow. I'm using it to lock the rk3x_i2c struct during interrupts. It's needed there because an operation can timeout, which means the interrupt can occur at any time and possibly conflict with the cleanup I do after a timeout. I looked around in i2c-exynos5.c, i2c-pxa.c and others, and they do it the same way. Could you explain in more detail why it's not needed? > > +static void rk3x_i2c_handle_write(struct rk3x_i2c *i2c, unsigned int ipd) > > +{ > > + if (!(ipd & REG_INT_MBTF)) { > > + rk3x_i2c_stop(i2c, -ENXIO); > > + dev_err(i2c->dev, "unexpected irq in WRITE: 0x%x\n", ipd); > > + rk3x_i2c_clean_ipd(i2c); > > + return; > > + } > > + > > + /* ack interrupt */ > > + i2c_writel(i2c, REG_INT_MBTF, REG_IPD); > > + > > + /* are we finished? */ > > + if (i2c->processed == i2c->msg->len) > > + rk3x_i2c_stop(i2c, i2c->error); > > + else > > + rk3x_i2c_fill_transmit_buf(i2c); > > It looks to me that you STOP after every message? You should use > REPEATED_START inbetween messages and only stop after the last message > of a transfer. I had a fight with the hw today and finally got it to issue a REPEATED_START for multiple "boring" messages. Will be included in the next version. > > +/** > > + * Setup I2C registers for an I2C operation specified by msgs, num. > > + * > > + * Must be called with i2c->lock held. > > + * > > + * @msgs: I2C msgs to process > > + * @num: Number of msgs > > + * > > + * returns: Number of I2C msgs processed or negative in case of error > > + */ > > +static int rk3x_i2c_setup(struct rk3x_i2c *i2c, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int > > num) +{ > > + u32 addr = (msgs[0].addr & 0x7f) << 1; > > + int ret = 0; > > + > > + /* > > + * The I2C adapter can issue a small (len < 4) write packet before > > + * reading. This speeds up SMBus-style register reads. > > + * The MRXADDR/MRXRADDR hold the slave address and the slave register > > + * address in this case. > > + */ > > + > > + if (num >= 2 && msgs[0].len < 4 > > + && !(msgs[0].flags & I2C_M_RD) > > + && (msgs[1].flags & I2C_M_RD)) { > > + u32 reg_addr = 0; > > + > > + dev_dbg(i2c->dev, "Combined write/read from addr 0x%x\n", > > + addr >> 1); > > + > > + if (msgs[0].len == 0) > > + return -EINVAL; > > Can the controller do SMBUS_QUICK (len == 0) in general? For the case it > cannot do it only in this multi-packet mode, then you should fall back > to the "boring" mode. Actually, I wasn't aware that (len == 0) is a valid case. The hw supports it in both modes, I just tested that. So the check is going away. I'm cleaning up now and you can expect a new version of the patch today. Cheers, Max -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html