[PATCH-v5 2/5] i2c: pxa: enable/disable i2c module across msg xfer
Shubhrajyoti Datta
shubhrajyoti.datta at gmail.com
Wed Aug 5 03:46:44 PDT 2015
hi ,
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Vaibhav Hiremath
<vaibhav.hiremath at linaro.org> wrote:
> From: Yi Zhang <yizhang at marvell.com>
>
> Enable i2c module/unit before transmission and disable when it
> finishes.
>
> why?
> It's because the i2c bus may be disturbed if the slave device,
> typically a touch, powers on.
Why should that be an issue?
Is it an errata.
In which mode it is an issue slave / master or both?
>
> As we do not want to break slave mode support, this patch introduces
> DT property to control disable of the I2C module after xfer in master
> mode of operation.
>
> i2c-disable-after-xfer : If set, driver will disable I2C module after
> msg xfer
>
> Signed-off-by: Yi Zhang <yizhang at marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Hiremath <vaibhav.hiremath at linaro.org>
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