On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 11:41:08AM +0100, Primoz Fiser wrote: > Hi Marco, > > On 16. 12. 22 10:45, Marco Felsch wrote: > > Hi Primoz, > > > > On 22-12-16, Primoz Fiser wrote: > > > By default, retries value is set to 0 (no retries). Set retries to more > > > sensible value of 3 to allow i2c core to re-attempt transfer in case of > > > i2c arbitration loss (i2c-imx returns -EAGAIN errno is such case). > > > > apart the fact that the number of retries vary a lot and so the client > > driver behaviour can vary a lot which is not good IMHO, why do you think > > that 3 is a sufficient number? > > IMHO it is better than leaving it at 0 (no retries)? > > Setting it to sensible value like 3 will at least attempt to make transfer > in case arbitration-loss occurs. > > > > > If an arbitration loss happen, why do you think that retrying it 3 times > > changes that? > > I our case, setting retries to non-zero value solves issues with PMIC > shutdown on phyboard-mira which in some rare cases fails with "Failed to > shutdown (err = -11)" (-EAGAIN). > > To me it makes common sense retries is set to non-zero value especially for > such rare conditions/situations. https://lore.kernel.org/all/Ys1bw9zuIwWS+bqw@shikoro/ -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |
