linux-kernel - Re: I2C from interrupt context?

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Message-ID: <m3bpwrbjxs.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:05:35 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: I2C from interrupt context?

Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> writes:

> The situation is far from perfect though. For one thing, I seem to
> recall that Andrew Morton didn't like the approach taken in
> i2c_transfer(). For another, i2c_smbus_xfer() was not yet modified so
> at this point only I2C-level transactions can be non-sleeping,
> SMBus-level transactions can't. But all this could be fixed by anyone
> who cares about these specific issues.

Thanks, I'll look at it.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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