[PATCH v6 0/6] i2c: at91: add support to FIFOs and alternative command
Wolfram Sang
wsa at the-dreams.de
Wed Jun 10 05:57:09 PDT 2015
On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 06:22:13PM +0200, Cyrille Pitchen wrote:
> ChangeLog
>
> v6:
> - replace "at91sama5d2" by "sama5d2".
>
> v5:
> - print I2C controller version in an already existing dev_info() instead of
> adding a new one.
>
> v4:
> - replace 0x%x by %#x when printing I2C controller version
> - change the order of patches: the race condition bug fix becomes the first
> patch so it be can more easily applied to older kernels.
>
> v3:
> - fix braces {} coding style issue
> - split the alternative command patch into 2 patches: the first one fixes
> a race condition whereas the second one is the actual alternative command
> patch
>
> v2:
> - fix typo in comment for AT91_TWI_SVEN.
> - document new device tree bindings like "atmel,fifo-size".
> - explicitly set the has_alt_cmd boolean to false to already existing chip
> configs.
> - use the BIT() macro to define the register bits and do a little cleanup in a
> dedicated patch.
> - reword some comments to better explain why the TXCOMP interrupt is no longer
> enabled in at91_do_twi_transfer() but later in
> at91_twi_write_data_dma_callback() to avoid a race condition when DMA is used.
> - remove useless TXCOMP interrupt enable line in at91_twi_write_next_byte()
> since this interrupt is also enabled by at91_do_twi_transfer() for PIO
> transfers.
>
> v1:
> This series of patches adds support of two new features which will be
> introduced with Atmel sama5d2x SoC.
>
> First, the alternative command mode eases the sending of STOP conditions.
> Before starting an I2C transaction, the size data to be transfered is
> written into the new Alternative Command Register. For each byte transferred,
> the I2C controller decreases this counter and automatically sends a STOP
> condition when the counter value reaches 0, that is to say when the last byte
> of the transaction has been sent/received. So there is no longer need to set
> the STOP bit into the Control Register.
>
> Then the use of FIFOs allows to reduce number I/O accesses: for instance,
> the TX FIFO allows to write up to 4 data in a single access to the Transmit
> Holding Register. Also the RX FIFO allows to read up to 4 data in a single
> access to the Receive Holding Register. Currently only DMA transfers take
> advantage of FIFOs.
After fixing the version string in patch 5 as mentioned there, and added
the acks from Ludovic for the previous version.
Applied to for-next, thanks!
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