linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: designware: use enable on resume instead initialization

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Date:	Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:38:08 +0300
From:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:	christian.ruppert@...tech.com
Cc:	Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@...lis.com>,
	Fabio Mello <fabio.mello@...el.com>,
	Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...el.com>,
	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: designware: use enable on resume instead
 initialization

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 05:05:16PM +0200, christian.ruppert@...tech.com wrote:
>    We should understand why the controller was disabled after successful
>    transfers in the first place, however. Maybe some quirk with older
>    versions of the hardware? Mika, do you have any memories about this?

I think it was in the original driver even before I did Intel specific
changes to that. I have no idea why it is done. Probably, like you said,
because some older version of the hardware needed it.
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