[PATCH 1/1] Remove suspend/resume functionality, add dynamic clocking
Pavel Machek
pavel at ucw.cz
Sun Dec 6 03:47:31 EST 2009
Hi!
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Remove suspend/resume functionality, add dynamic
> > clocking
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > can you please add something like "i2c-pnx: " to the subject?
> > (Actually it's a great strategy *not* to put it into the Subject. This
> > way it attracts far more attention :-)
> >
>
> Good point!
>
> > > Remove suspend/resume functionality, I2C driver gates clock on
> > > only when an I2C transaction is in progress
> > What happens when the machine suspends while a transfer is in progress?
> > (This might be a problem that already existed before.) If this is
> > really a problem the easiest "fix" is to let the suspend callback return
> > -EBUSY in this case.
>
> The suspend callback is now removed. It's actually not needed with this
> change. The I2C clocks will turn on prior to a transaction and then turn
> off at the completion.
Are you sure its unneeded? What if someone attempts to suspend the
system when a transaction is running?
Pavel
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