[i2c] [PATCH] mv64xxx: Reinitialize hw and driver on I2C bus hang

Dale Farnsworth dale at farnsworth.org
Sat Aug 11 16:37:27 CEST 2007


On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 04:16:47PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:51:19 -0700, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 10:52:54AM -0700, Dale Farnsworth wrote:
> > > Under certain conditions, the mv64xxx I2C bus can hang preventing
> > > further operation.  To make the driver more robust, we now reset
> > > the I2C hardware and the driver state machine when such hangs are
> > > detected.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Dale Farnsworth <dale at farnsworth.org>
> > 
> > Acked-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer at mvista.com>
> 
> Patch applied, thanks. Is it something you would like to have in
> 2.6.23, or 2.6.24 is enough?

Thank you, Jean.  I'd prefer to get it into 2.6.23, if it isn't too
much trouble.

-Dale



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