[PATCH v5 2/2] i2c: spacemit: introduce pio for k1

Troy Mitchell troy.mitchell at linux.spacemit.com
Sun Dec 28 18:07:35 PST 2025


> > @@ -474,6 +608,11 @@ static void spacemit_i2c_calc_timeout(struct spacemit_i2c_dev *i2c)
> >   	unsigned long timeout;
> >   	int idx = 0, cnt = 0;
> > +	if (i2c->use_pio) {
> > +		i2c->adapt.timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(SPACEMIT_WAIT_TIMEOUT);
> 
> Again, why is a rough 1000 millisecond timeout OK for PIO, while a
> fairly precise timeout value based on the number of bytes to be
> transferred and the transfer bit rate computed for interrupt mode?
Sorry I didn't see this.

In interrupt-driven mode we wait for a single completion event, so the
timeout needs to reflect the worst-case transfer duration to avoid
spurious timeouts.
In PIO mode the loop is driven by FIFO/status progress, and the timeout
is only a safeguard against a stalled bus rather than an exact transfer
time.
Therefore a simple conservative value is sufficient there.

                                  - Troy



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