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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (jc42) optionally try to disable the SMBUS timeout
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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 */
> +
> /* Supported chips */
>
> /* Analog Devices */
> @@ -476,6 +480,22 @@ static int jc42_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>
> data->extended = !!(cap & JC42_CAP_RANGE);
>
> + if (device_property_read_bool(dev, "smbus-timeout-disable")) {
> + int smbus;
> +
> + /*
> + * Not all chips support this register, but from a
> + * quick read of various datasheets no chip appears
> + * incompatible with the below attempt to disable
> + * the timeout. And the whole thing is opt-in...
> + */
> + smbus = i2c_smbus_read_word_swapped(client, JC42_REG_SMBUS);
> + if (smbus < 0)
> + return smbus;
> + i2c_smbus_write_word_swapped(client, JC42_REG_SMBUS,
> + smbus | SMBUS_STMOUT);

Looking into the SE97 datasheet, the bit is only writable if the alarm bits
are not locked. Should we take this into account and unlock the alarm bits
if necessary ?

Guenter

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