Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] i2c-ocores: sifive: add polling mode workaround for FU540-C000 SoC.

From: Sagar Kadam
Date: Tue May 21 2019 - 05:00:37 EST


Thanks Andreas,
Yes, I rebased to v5.2-rc1 and observed that there have been changes
in polling interface, and i2c->flags is not longer being used for
setting the polling mode. I am working on a way to hook in the fix for
broken IRQ and will submit it in v6.

Thanks & BR,
Sagar Kadam

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 2:03 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mai 20 2019, Sagar Shrikant Kadam <sagar.kadam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The i2c-ocore driver already has a polling mode interface.But it needs
> > a workaround for FU540 Chipset on HiFive unleashed board (RevA00).
> > There is an erratum in FU540 chip that prevents interrupt driven i2c
> > transfers from working, and also the I2C controller's interrupt bit
> > cannot be cleared if set, due to this the existing i2c polling mode
> > interface added in mainline earlier doesn't work, and CPU stall's
> > infinitely, when-ever i2c transfer is initiated.
> >
> > Ref:previous polling mode support in mainline
> >
> > commit 69c8c0c0efa8 ("i2c: ocores: add polling interface")
> >
> > The workaround / fix under OCORES_FLAG_BROKEN_IRQ is particularly for
> > FU540-COOO SoC.
>
> After commit dd7dbf0eb090 this no longer fits.
>
> Andreas.
>
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