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

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Fri Oct 13 2017 - 15:03:32 EST


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!

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