[i2c] [PATCH] Add polling transfer for i2c-pxa

[Mike Rapoport]

Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 09:21:59AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>> Fixed (hopefully :) ).
> 
> Can we not re-use the existing interrupt handler code?  IOW, poll
> the status register to indicate an interrupt and then manually call
> the irq service handler.

I think it's possible. I'll give it a try.

> I don't see any point in having two sets of different code in the
> same driver for handling the same hardware - from the bug fixing
> point of view that's a recipe for problems.
> 
>> +			/* I2C activity is ongoing. */
>> +			/* FIXME: may be we should take the lock and
>> +			   abandon ongoing transfer */
> 
> Probably not a good idea - some I2C devices provide an "atomic update"
> facility where the accumulated state change when the STOP occurs.
> 

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.