Re: [PATCH v3] i2c: piix4: Disable completely the IMC during SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Fri Oct 13 2017 - 15:04:22 EST


On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 09:03:26PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 06:11:15PM +0200, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> > SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA transactions might fail due to a race condition with
> > the IMC (Integrated Micro Controller), even when the IMC semaphore
> > is used.
> >
> > This bug has been reported and confirmed by AMD, who suggested as a
> > solution an IMC firmware upgrade (obtained via BIOS update) and
> > disabling the IMC during SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA transactions.
> >
> > Even without the IMC upgrade, the SMBUS is much more stable with this
> > patch.
> >
> > Tested on a Bettong-alike board.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Applied to for-current, thanks!

But please mention the dependency next time.

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