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Date:	Thu, 17 May 2012 01:23:09 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Shubhrajyoti Datta <omaplinuxkernel@...il.com>
Cc:	sonic.zhang@...log.com, Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] i2c: i2c-bfin-twi: Break dead waiting loop if i2c
 device misbehaves.

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Shubhrajyoti Datta
<omaplinuxkernel@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:50 PM,  <sonic.zhang@...log.com> wrote:
>> From: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@...log.com>
>>
>> Some fault i2c device may hold the sda/scl line and cause i2c driver
>> wait in the BUS busy loop. This patch breaks this potential dead
>> loop.
>
> How about using a non-busy loop while you are at it.

the timings here are fairly small ...
-mike
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