Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Jun 2016 22:11:51 +0200 | From | Wolfram Sang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] i2c: octeon: Add retry logic after receiving STAT_RXADDR_NAK |
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On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 08:51:18AM +0200, Jan Glauber wrote: > The controller specification states that when receiving STAT_RXADDR_NAK > the START should be sent again. Retry several times before finally > failing with -ENXIO. > > Without this change the IPMI SSIF driver fails executing several commands > like 'ipmitool fru' on ThunderX.
Huh? Looks wrong to me. I'd say the client driver needs to retry. Only that one knows if retrying is appropriate or a waste of time.
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