Re: [PATCH] i2c: designware: prevent early stop on TX FIFO empty

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Wed Nov 19 2014 - 04:20:24 EST


On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 12:10:44PM +0000, Andrew Jackson wrote:
> If the Designware core is configured with IC_EMPTYFIFO_HOLD_MASTER_EN
> set to zero, allowing the TX FIFO to become empty causes a STOP
> condition to be generated on the I2C bus. If the transmit FIFO
> threshold is set too high, an erroneous STOP condition can be
> generated on long transfers - particularly where the interrupt
> latency is extended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Jackson <Andrew.Jackson@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@xxxxxxx>

So, what do other designware users think of this change (nice CC list
BTW, Andrew). Adding Mika, too.

> ---
> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c
> index 3c20e4b..e070edd 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.c
> @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ int i2c_dw_init(struct dw_i2c_dev *dev)
> }
>
> /* Configure Tx/Rx FIFO threshold levels */
> - dw_writel(dev, dev->tx_fifo_depth - 1, DW_IC_TX_TL);
> + dw_writel(dev, dev->tx_fifo_depth / 2, DW_IC_TX_TL);
> dw_writel(dev, 0, DW_IC_RX_TL);
>
> /* configure the i2c master */
> --
> 1.7.1
>

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