linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: octeon: Prevent error message on bus error

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Date:   Fri, 2 Mar 2018 11:19:45 -0800
From:   Phil Pokorny <ppokorny@...guincomputing.com>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:     Jan Glauber <jglauber@...ium.com>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: octeon: Prevent error message on bus error

On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 2:11 AM, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 04:42:13PM +0100, Jan Glauber wrote:
> > The error message:
> >
> > [Fri Feb 16 13:42:13 2018] i2c-thunderx 0000:01:09.4: unhandled state: 0
> >
> > is mis-leading as state 0 (bus error) is not an unknown state.
> >
> > Return -EIO as before but avoid printing the message. Also rename
> > STAT_ERROR to STATE_BUS_ERROR.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber <jglauber@...ium.com>
>
> Applied to for-current, thanks!

Did you also pick up the i2c-xlp9xx patches for current?

Similar set of issues there.

Multiple people have now tested them and reported they resolve issues
with IPMI SSIF on ThunderX2 platforms.

Thanks,
Phil P.

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