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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] i2c: bcm2835: Add support for combined write-read transfer
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Hi Noralf!

On 19.09.2016 17:26, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> Some SMBus protocols use Repeated Start Condition to switch from write
> mode to read mode. Devices like MMA8451 won't work without it.
>
> When downstream implemented support for this in i2c-bcm2708, it broke
> support for some devices, so a module parameter was added and combined
> transfer was disabled by default.
> See https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/599
> It doesn't seem to have been any investigation into what the problem
> really was. Later there was added a timeout on the polling loop.
>
> One of the devices mentioned to partially stop working was DS1307.
>
> I have run thousands of transfers to a DS1307 (rtc), MMA8451 (accel)
> and AT24C32 (eeprom) in parallel without problems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
> ---
> drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-bcm2835.c | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 98 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
...
> @@ -209,8 +289,17 @@ static int bcm2835_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg msgs[],
> int i;
> int ret = 0;
>
> + /* Combined write-read to the same address (smbus) */
> + if (num == 2 && (msgs[0].addr == msgs[1].addr) &&
> + !(msgs[0].flags & I2C_M_RD) && (msgs[1].flags & I2C_M_RD) &&
> + (msgs[0].len <= 16)) {
> + ret = bcm2835_i2c_xfer_msg(i2c_dev, &msgs[0], &msgs[1]);
> +
> + return ret ? ret : 2;
> + }
> +
> for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
> - ret = bcm2835_i2c_xfer_msg(i2c_dev, &msgs[i]);
> + ret = bcm2835_i2c_xfer_msg(i2c_dev, &msgs[i], NULL);
> if (ret)
> break;
> }
This does not seem to implement the i2c_msg api correctly.

As per comments in include/uapi/linux/i2c.h on line 58 only the last message
in a group should - by default - send a STOP.

As far as I understand you would need to implement the I2C_M_STOP flag
(by exposing I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING in bcm2835_i2c_func)
to make this work correctly:

for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+ bool send_stop = (i == num - 1) ||msgs[i] <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=msg>->flags <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=flags> &I2C_M_STOP <http://lxr.free-electrons.com/ident?i=I2C_M_STOP>;
- ret = bcm2835_i2c_xfer_msg(i2c_dev, &msgs[i]);
+ ret = bcm2835_i2c_xfer_msg(i2c_dev, &msgs[i], send_stop);
if (ret)
break;
}

The corresponding device driver (or userspace) will need to set the flag
correctly.

Martin

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