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Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:36:47 +0200
From:	Carsten Behling <carsten.behling@...z-fricke.com>
To:	"Voss, Nikolaus" <N.Voss@...nmann.de>
CC:	Marc-Oliver Westerburg <Westerburg@...z-fricke.com>,
	"'devel@...nes.com'" <devel@...nes.com>,
	'Wolfram Sang' <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	"'linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org'" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	'Hubert Feurstein' <h.feurstein@...il.com>
Subject: AW: [PATCH v10 3/4] drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c: add new driver

Hi Niko,

you a right. Driver works with that patch.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
Carsten Behling

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Voss, Nikolaus [mailto:N.Voss@...nmann.de] 
Gesendet: Freitag, 27. April 2012 10:05
An: Carsten Behling
Cc: Marc-Oliver Westerburg; 'devel@...nes.com'; 'Wolfram Sang'; 'linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org'; 'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org'; 'linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org'; 'Hubert Feurstein'
Betreff: RE: [PATCH v10 3/4] drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c: add new driver

Hi Carsten,

Carsten Behling wrote on 2012-04-27:
>>  	INIT_COMPLETION(dev->cmd_complete);
>> +	dev->transfer_status = 0;
>>  	if (dev->msg->flags & I2C_M_RD) {
>>  		unsigned start_flags = AT91_TWI_START;
> 
> this patch will not work, because you reset 'dev->transfer_status'
> before it is evaluated on errors (AT91_TWI_NACK, AT91_TWI_OVRE). 

it should, because transfer_status is updated by the ISR between
wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout() and the error evaluation.
Please try it out.

> > P.S. Are you using a RM9200? Seems that this SOC has some problems...
> 
> Yes, our ECO920 uses the RM9200, but we support it with an very old kernel
> (2.6.21). I remember there were many problems with I2C.

Ok, but good to hear the driver basically works with the RM9200.

Niko

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