Hi David, On Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 14:06:36 CEST, David Laight wrote: > From: Christian Eggers > > +static void i2c_imx_clear_irq(struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx, unsigned > > int bits) +{ > > + unsigned int temp; > > + > > + /* > > + * i2sr_clr_opcode is the value to clear all interrupts. > > + * Here we want to clear only <bits>, so we write > > + * ~i2sr_clr_opcode with just <bits> toggled. > > + */ > > + temp = ~i2c_imx->hwdata->i2sr_clr_opcode ^ bits; > > + imx_i2c_write_reg(temp, i2c_imx, IMX_I2C_I2SR); > > +} > > That looks either wrong or maybe just overcomplicated. Yes, it looks so. > Why isn't: > imx_i2c_write_reg(bits, i2c_imx, IMX_I2C_I2SR); > enough? i.MX requires W1C and Vybrid requires W0C in order to clear status bits. > More usually you just write back the read value of such > 'write 1 to clear' status registers and then act on all > the set bits. This pattern has been suggested by Uwe Klein-Koenig. It works because write access to read-only register bits is ignored, independent whether 0 or 1 is written. W0C is quite unusual, but I didn't design the hardware... The pattern ensures that not accidentally more status bits are cleared than desired. > That ensures you clear all interrupts that were pending. I think that Uwe's intention was not clearing bits which are not handled at this place. Otherwise events may get lost. > If you need to avoid writes of bits that aren't in the > 'clear all interrupts' value then you just need: > bits &= i2c_imx->hwdata->i2sr_clr_opcode; > prior to the write. I think this wouldn't fit the W0C case for Vybrid. Best regards Christian