Re: [PATCH v2] tps65910: Work around silicon erratum SWCZ010

[Lee Jones]

On Fri, 22 Aug 2014, Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) wrote:

> From http://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/SWCZ010 :
> 
> Glitch on SDA-SCL not managed correctly by the I2C IP
> 
> Impact:
> The standard specifies that the I2C transfer should restart on a start
> event in all cases. The current design does not support two consecutive
> Start conditions. This can cause the first real access after such a
> glitch to be corrupted.
> 
> Description:
> An unexpected glitch on SDA and SCL can generate a wrong start event.
> In the current design, the SCL line must toggle two times to detect a
> new start event and completely restart the I2C access; hence the real
> start event is not detected in the case of a single SCL toggle.
> 
> Workaround:
> Repeat I2C access.
> 
> A simpler workaround is to make a dummy transfer just before the first
> access to the tps65910 chip. This can be done unconditionally.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> This patch is based on v3.17-rc1.
> Build-tested with omap2plus_defconfig.
> Runtime tested based on v3.4.97 with a custom config.
> 
> v2: use dummy transfer instead of retrying (Laxman Dewangan)
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/tps65910.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Applied with Mark's Ack.

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c b/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
> index f243e75..7612d89 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/tps65910.c
> @@ -486,6 +486,11 @@ static int tps65910_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
>  	tps65910->i2c_client = i2c;
>  	tps65910->id = chip_id;
>  
> +	/* Work around silicon erratum SWCZ010: the tps65910 may miss the
> +	 * first I2C transfer. So issue a dummy transfer before the first
> +	 * real transfer.
> +	 */
> +	i2c_master_send(i2c, "", 1);
>  	tps65910->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(i2c, &tps65910_regmap_config);
>  	if (IS_ERR(tps65910->regmap)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(tps65910->regmap);

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