linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10 v2] fix gmbus writes and related issues

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Date:	Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:22:05 +0100
From:	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:	Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@...omium.org>
Cc:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
	Yufeng Shen <miletus@...omium.org>,
	Sameer Nanda <snanda@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10 v2] fix gmbus writes and related issues

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 02:48:14AM +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
> This patchset addresses a couple of issues with the i915 gmbus implementation:
>  * fixes misassigned pin port pair for HDMI-D
>  * fixes write transactions when they are the only transaction requested
>    (including large >4-byte writes) by terminating every transaction with a
>    WAIT cycle.
>  * returns -ENXIO and -ETIMEDOUT as appropriate so upper layers can handled
>    i2c transaction failures
>  * optimizes the typical read transaction case by using the INDEX cycle
>  * turns on the GMBUS interrupt whenever possible to dramatically improve
>    throughput by eliminating the very slow polling loop.
> 
> The patchset should apply cleanly onto linus/master.
> It is inspired by, but completely supercedes, a similar patch submitted
> recently by Benson Leung (bleung@...omium.org).
> I'd be happy to rebase on a different tree if necessary.
> 
> v2 of the patchset address review comments from Chris Wilson (thanks for the
> review, Chris!), and adds the interrupt patch.  There weren't any review
> comments for patches 5, 7, or 8 of the first set.  Hopefully they will get
> more love the second time around :).

Oops, still catching up - I've commented on the first thread. Please
resubmit on top of drm-intel-next-queued and I'll have a look. Also,
please cc me so I don't miss them.

Thanks, Daniel
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