linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: bcm2835: Set up the clock stretching timeout at boot.

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Date:	Sun, 03 Jul 2016 18:02:32 -0700
From:	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
To:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:	linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: bcm2835: Set up the clock stretching timeout at boot.

Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de> writes:

>> +	/*
>> +	 * SMBUS says "Devices participating in a transfer will
>> +	 * timeout when any clock low exceeds the value of
>> +	 * T_TIMEOUT,MIN of 25 ms."
>> +	 */
>
> SMBus has that timeout, but I2C doesn't. How about disabling the timeout
> simply? Or using the max value if you want to keep the timeout
> detection?

Disabling the timeout seems fine to me.  We still have a 1-second
timeout around the entire transfer.  I'll be back on my DSI branch this
week and test it out then.

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