linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/6] i2c: spacemit: disable SDA glitch fix to avoid restart delay

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Message-Id: <20250925-k1-i2c-atomic-v2-3-46dc13311cda@linux.spacemit.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:02:27 +0800
From: Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell@...ux.spacemit.com>
To: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>, Yixun Lan <dlan@...too.org>, 
 Alex Elder <elder@...cstar.com>, Troy Mitchell <troymitchell988@...il.com>
Cc: linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, spacemit@...ts.linux.dev, 
 Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell@...ux.spacemit.com>, 
 Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/6] i2c: spacemit: disable SDA glitch fix to avoid
 restart delay

The K1 I2C controller has an SDA glitch fix that introduces a small
delay on restart signals. While this feature can suppress glitches
on SDA when SCL = 0, it also delays the restart signal, which may
cause unexpected behavior in some transfers.

The glitch itself does not affect normal I2C operation, because
the I2C specification allows SDA to change while SCL is low.

To ensure correct transmission for every message, we disable the
SDA glitch fix by setting the RCR.SDA_GLITCH_NOFIX bit during
initialization.

This guarantees that restarts are issued promptly without
unintended delays.
---
There are the restart waveforms before [1] and after [2] disabling the fix.

Link:
https://psce.pw/839rzq [1]
https://psce.pw/839s4q [2]

Fixes: 5ea558473fa31 ("i2c: spacemit: add support for SpacemiT K1 SoC")
Reviewed-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>
Signed-off-by: Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell@...ux.spacemit.com>
---
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-k1.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-k1.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-k1.c
index 84f132d0504dc992f2f961253b011b86afcc2bbc..9bf9f01aa68bde6460e50c6983edc3f705b12eea 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-k1.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-k1.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define SPACEMIT_ICR		 0x0		/* Control register */
 #define SPACEMIT_ISR		 0x4		/* Status register */
 #define SPACEMIT_IDBR		 0xc		/* Data buffer register */
+#define SPACEMIT_IRCR		 0x18		/* Reset cycle counter */
 #define SPACEMIT_IBMR		 0x1c		/* Bus monitor register */
 
 /* SPACEMIT_ICR register fields */
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@
 					SPACEMIT_SR_GCAD | SPACEMIT_SR_IRF | SPACEMIT_SR_ITE | \
 					SPACEMIT_SR_ALD)
 
+#define SPACEMIT_RCR_SDA_GLITCH_NOFIX		BIT(7)		/* bypass the SDA glitch fix */
+
 /* SPACEMIT_IBMR register fields */
 #define SPACEMIT_BMR_SDA         BIT(0)		/* SDA line level */
 #define SPACEMIT_BMR_SCL         BIT(1)		/* SCL line level */
@@ -237,6 +240,14 @@ static void spacemit_i2c_init(struct spacemit_i2c_dev *i2c)
 	val |= SPACEMIT_CR_MSDE | SPACEMIT_CR_MSDIE;
 
 	writel(val, i2c->base + SPACEMIT_ICR);
+
+	/*
+	 * The glitch fix in the K1 I2C controller introduces a delay
+	 * on restart signals, so we disable the fix here.
+	 */
+	val = readl(i2c->base + SPACEMIT_IRCR);
+	val |= SPACEMIT_RCR_SDA_GLITCH_NOFIX;
+	writel(val, i2c->base + SPACEMIT_IRCR);
 }
 
 static inline void

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