[PATCH 1/3] i2c: append hardware lock with bus lock

[Jean Delvare]

On Mon, 2 May 2011 10:27:34 +0100, Ben Dooks wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:15:44PM +0800, Haojian Zhuang wrote:
> > Both AP and CP are contained in Marvell PXA910 silicon. These two ARM
> > cores are sharing one pair of I2C pins.
> > 
> > In order to keep I2C transaction operated with atomic, hardware lock
> > (RIPC) is required. Because of this, bus lock in AP side can't afford
> > this requirement. Now hardware lock is appended.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang at marvell.com>
> > Cc: Ben Dooks <ben-linux at fluff.org>
> > Cc: Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org>
> 
> Right, this looks like a reasonable explanation of what is going on here
> and if Jean is happy with the core changes I'll look at where the driver
> change can go.

Yes I am!

Let me know if you want me to take the core change in my tree or if you
prefer to have it in yours to avoid a dependency.

-- 
Jean Delvare