[PATCH v6 3/5] i2c: davinci: calculate bus freq from Hz instead of kHz

Marcus Folkesson marcus.folkesson at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 01:22:47 PST 2026


Hi Andy,

On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 11:07:06AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 01:38:15PM +0100, Marcus Folkesson wrote:
> > The bus frequency is unnecessarily converted between Hz and kHz in
> > several places.
> > This is probably an old legacy from the old times (pre-devicetrees)
> > when the davinci_i2c_platform_data took the bus_freq in kHz.
> > 
> > Stick to Hz.
> 
> ...
> 
> >  	/*
> >  	 * According to I2C-BUS Spec 2.1, in FAST-MODE LOW period should be at
> >  	 * least 1.3uS, which is not the case with 50% duty cycle. Driving HIGH
> >  	 * to LOW ratio as 1 to 2 is more safe.
> >  	 */
> > -	if (dev->bus_freq > 100)
> > +	if (dev->bus_freq_hz > 100000)
> 
> The 100000 has a definition in i2c.h....

Good point, thanks.
> 
> >  		clkl = (clk << 1) / 3;
> >  	else
> >  		clkl = (clk >> 1);
> 
> ...
> 
> >  	r = device_property_read_u32(&pdev->dev, "clock-frequency", &prop);
> 
> (Why not using i2c timings? The I²C core has an API to parse firmware properties.)

Actually, I found i2c_parse_fw_timings() just a day ago and have on my
TODO-list to convert all bus drivers to use it right after the work with this
series is done.

> 
> >  	if (r)
> > -		prop = DAVINCI_I2C_DEFAULT_BUS_FREQ;
> > +		prop = I2C_MAX_STANDARD_MODE_FREQ;
> 
> ...like this one.
> 
> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
> 
> 

Best regards,
Marcus Folkesson
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