Re: [PATCH V8 2/5] i2c: tegra: Add Bus Clear Master Support

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Thu Jan 31 2019 - 07:45:03 EST


On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 10:16:24PM -0800, Sowjanya Komatineni wrote:
> Bus clear feature of tegra i2c controller helps to recover from
> bus hang when i2c master loses the bus arbitration due to the
> slave device holding SDA LOW continuously for some unknown reasons.
>
> Per I2C specification, the device that held the bus LOW should
> release it within 9 clock pulses.
>
> During bus clear operation, Tegra I2C controller sends 9 clock
> pulses and terminates the transaction with STOP condition.
> Upon successful bus clear operation, bus goes to idle state and
> driver retries the transaction.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sowjanya Komatineni <skomatineni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> [V5/V6/V7/V8]: Same as V4
> [V4]: Added I2C Bus Clear support patch to this version of series.
>
> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+)

See my comments on v7, with that:

Acked-by: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>

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