Arbitration Lost (IAL) can happen after every single byte transfer. If arbitration is lost, the I2C hardware will autonomously switch from master mode to slave. If a transfer is not aborted in this state, consecutive transfers will not be executed by the hardware and will timeout. Signed-off-by: Christian Eggers <ceggers@xxxxxxx> Tested (not extensively) on Vybrid VF500 (Toradex VF50): Tested-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c index cbdcab73a055..63575af41c09 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c @@ -490,6 +490,16 @@ static int i2c_imx_trx_complete(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx, bool atomic) dev_dbg(&i2c_imx->adapter.dev, "<%s> Timeout\n", __func__); return -ETIMEDOUT; } + + /* check for arbitration lost */ + if (i2c_imx->i2csr & I2SR_IAL) { + dev_dbg(&i2c_imx->adapter.dev, "<%s> Arbitration lost\n", __func__); + i2c_imx_clear_irq(i2c_imx, I2SR_IAL); + + i2c_imx->i2csr = 0; + return -EAGAIN; + } + dev_dbg(&i2c_imx->adapter.dev, "<%s> TRX complete\n", __func__); i2c_imx->i2csr = 0; return 0; -- Christian Eggers Embedded software developer Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG Sitz: Muenchen - Registergericht: Amtsgericht Muenchen - Handelsregisternummer: HRA 57918 Persoenlich haftender Gesellschafter: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH Sitz: Muenchen - Registergericht: Amtsgericht Muenchen - Handelsregisternummer: HRB 54477 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Dr. Michael Neuhaeuser; Stephan Schenk; Walter Trauninger; Markus Zeiler