linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] i2c: designware: fix race between subsequent xfers

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Date:	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:01:33 +0200
From:	Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@...lis.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	Pierrick Hascoet <pierrick.hascoet@...lis.com>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] i2c: designware: fix race between subsequent xfers

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:33:36AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:19:33 +0200, Christian Ruppert wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 04:37:41PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > BTW since I am currently here: i2c-designware-core should be in the
> > > 'algos' directory, no?
> > 
> > At the risk of passing for a complete moron: What exactly is the
> > difference between I2C algos and I2C bus drivers?
> 
> The i2c/algos directory contains abstracted code which is common to
> multiple hardware implementations. The most popular of these is
> i2c-algo-bit which implements software-only I2C over virtually any pair
> of controllable pins (parallel port, GPIOs, etc.)
> 
> As a general rule, i2c/algos should only contain reusable, architecture
> and platform independent code. All the actual hardware access should be
> delegated to the bus drivers, through callbacks. If this can't be done
> easily then i2c/algos is not the right place.

In this case, busses is the right place for the i2c-designware-core. This
file contains the actual driver implementation (i.e. register access,
interrupt handling etc.) for a dedicated I2C bus driver hardware block
used in SOCs.

Greetings,
  Christian

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