[PATCHv8 00/23]I2C big cleanup

Shubhrajyoti shubhrajyoti at ti.com
Fri Sep 14 06:40:41 EDT 2012


On Friday 14 September 2012 02:58 AM, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> Felipe Balbi <balbi at ti.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:04:42AM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
>>> Kevin Hilman <khilman at deeprootsystems.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Kevin Hilman <khilman at deeprootsystems.com> writes:
>>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>> Sorry to be late to the party (again), but still catching up after some
>>>>> time off.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately, this series causes PM regressions on several OMAP
>>>>> platforms.  I hope we can hold off on this until those issues are
>>>>> addressed.
>>>> I tracked the regression down to [PATCHv8 21/22] (see reply there.)
>>>>
>>>> Since this series is already merged, I suggest that the problem patch be
>>>> reverted, at least for v3.7 and until the problem is better understood
>>>> and tested.
>>>>
>>>> With that patch reverted, all my PM tests are passing.  Feel free to
>>>> add:
>>> OK, the i2c series is off the hook.
>>>
>>> Felipe and I spent a little time tracking this down.  Felipe suggested
>>> that there might be a driver with periodic i2c activity keeping I2C
>>> awake, and thus preventing CORE retention.  He was right.
>> FYI, the original idea came from Shubhro. We agreed that would be the
>> only way i2c would be prevented from idling.
> Great, thanks Shubhro!
>
> Also, FYI, I just submitted a patch to the TWL RTC driver which was the
> source of all the I2C activity since it's on the I2C-connected PMIC.
>
> Thanks for the help and suggestions,
>
> Kevin
>
> [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rtc-linux/sFbYmAzCRLQ
Thanks for the testing and the patch.



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