[PATCH-v5 RESEND 2/5] i2c: pxa: enable/disable i2c module across msg xfer

Wolfram Sang wsa at the-dreams.de
Fri Sep 11 11:53:12 PDT 2015


On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:29:35AM +0530, Vaibhav Hiremath 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.

I am not convinced, "may disturb" is too weak for me. It would need a
way more detailed description of the problem which makes clear that
this mechanism is the only way to go forward.

Can't you use Runtime PM for that?

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