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Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:50:02 +0800
From: Tyrone Ting <warp5tw@...il.com>
To: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] i2c: npcm: Modify the client address assignment

Hi Andi:

Sorry to bother you.

May I have your comments about my feedback on these patches?

It'll be great to know if I need to prepare the next patch set for reviewing.

Tyrone Ting <warp5tw@...il.com> 於 2024年10月25日 週五 上午9:43寫道：
>
> Hi Andi:
>
> Thank you for your comments.
>
> Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org> 於 2024年10月24日 週四 下午6:04寫道：
> >
> > Hi Tyrone,
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > +     /*
> > > +      * Previously, the 7-bit address was stored and being converted to
> > > +      * the address of event in the following call to npcm_i2c_master_start_xmit().
> >
> > Do we care how it was done previously? I think this is not a
> > useful information as the code readers will se the code the way
> > it is now, not the way it was done "previously".
> >
>
> Yes, it's not a useful information anymore.
>
> > (there is a related comment at the end)
> >
> > > +      * Since there are cases that the i2c_recover_bus() gets called at the
> > > +      * early stage of npcm_i2c_master_xfer(), the address of event is stored
> > > +      * and then used in the i2c_recover_bus().
> >
> > I could rephrase this sentence to something like:
> >
> > /*
> >  * Store the address early in a global position to ensure it is
> >  * accessible for a potential call to i2c_recover_bus().
> >  */
>
> Understood. Thank you for your help on this.
>
> >
> > > +      */
> > > +     bus->dest_addr = i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg(msg0);
> > > +
> > >       /*
> > >        * Check the BER (bus error) state, when ber_state is true, it means that the module
> > >        * detects the bus error which is caused by some factor like that the electricity
> > > @@ -2165,6 +2175,15 @@ static int npcm_i2c_master_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs,
> > >        * bus is busy.
> > >        */
> > >       if (bus_busy || bus->ber_state) {
> > > +             /*
> > > +              * Since the transfer might be a read operation, remove the I2C_M_RD flag
> > > +              * from the bus->dest_addr for the i2c_recover_bus() call later.
> > > +              *
> > > +              * The i2c_recover_bus() uses the address in a write direction to recover
> > > +              * the i2c bus if some error condition occurs.
> > > +              */
> > > +             bus->dest_addr &= ~I2C_M_RD;
> > > +
> > >               iowrite8(NPCM_I2CCST_BB, bus->reg + NPCM_I2CCST);
> > >               npcm_i2c_reset(bus);
> > >               i2c_recover_bus(adap);
> > > @@ -2172,7 +2191,6 @@ static int npcm_i2c_master_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs,
> > >       }
> > >
> > >       npcm_i2c_init_params(bus);
> > > -     bus->dest_addr = slave_addr;
> >
> > We can now get rid of slave_addr. It's just used in
> > npcm_i2c_master_start_xmit(). Right?
>
> Yes, slave_addr is just used as the link
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-npcm7xx.c#L2182
> suggests with this patch.
>
> >
> > Andi
> >
> > >       bus->msgs = msgs;
> > >       bus->msgs_num = num;
> > >       bus->cmd_err = 0;
> > > --
> > > 2.34.1
> > >
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Tyrone

Have a nice day.

Thank you.

Regards,
Tyrone