Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (jc42) optionally try to disable the SMBUS timeout | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Date | Fri, 13 Oct 2017 05:51:27 -0700 |
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On 10/13/2017 02:27 AM, Peter Rosin wrote: > With a nxp,se97 chip on an atmel sama5d31 board, the I2C adapter driver > is not always capable of avoiding the 25-35 ms timeout as specified by > the SMBUS protocol. This may cause silent corruption of the last bit of > any transfer, e.g. a one is read instead of a zero if the sensor chip > times out. This also affects the eeprom half of the nxp-se97 chip, where > this silent corruption was originally noticed. Other I2C adapters probably > suffer similar issues, e.g. bit-banging comes to mind as risky... > > The SMBUS register in the nxp chip is not a standard Jedec register, but > it is not special to the nxp chips either, at least the atmel chips > have the same mechanism. Therefore, do not special case this on the > manufacturer, it is opt-in via the device property anyway. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@axentia.se> > --- > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt | 4 ++++ > drivers/hwmon/jc42.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt > index 07a250498fbb..f569db58f64a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt > @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Required properties: > > - reg: I2C address > > +Optional properties: > +- smbus-timeout-disable: When set, the smbus timeout function will be disabled. > + This is not supported on all chips. > + > Example: > > temp-sensor@1a { > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c > index 1bf22eff0b08..fd816902fa30 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c > @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static const unsigned short normal_i2c[] = { > #define JC42_REG_TEMP 0x05 > #define JC42_REG_MANID 0x06 > #define JC42_REG_DEVICEID 0x07 > +#define JC42_REG_SMBUS 0x22 /* NXP and Atmel, possibly others? */ > > /* Status bits in temperature register */ > #define JC42_ALARM_CRIT_BIT 15 > @@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ static const unsigned short normal_i2c[] = { > #define ONS_MANID 0x1b09 /* ON Semiconductor */ > #define STM_MANID 0x104a /* ST Microelectronics */ > > +/* SMBUS register */ > +#define SMBUS_STMOUT BIT(7) /* SMBus time-out, active low */
Requires bitops.h.
Otherwise looks good, though we'll have to wait for Rob's ack.
Thanks, Guenter
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