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SubjectRE: [PATCH 6/6] da8xx: enable the use of the ICPFUNC in i2c-davinci
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 20:52:05, Ben Gardiner wrote:

> >> --- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices-da8xx.c
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices-da8xx.c
> >> @@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ int __init da8xx_register_i2c(int instance,
> >>       else
> >>               return -EINVAL;
> >>
> >> +     /*
> >> +      * Both the DA850 and DA830 have an I2C controller which has the
> >> +      * ICPFUNC et. al. registers
> >> +      */
> >> +     pdata->has_pfunc = 1;
> >
> > The I2C driver implements a default platform data
> > so it should actually be legal for a DA8x board to
> > pass NULL platform data. In that case this line
> > will crash.
>
> Good catch, thanks.
>
> > [...] You should either check for pdata to
> > be NULL or just let each board choose whether it
> > needs recovery (I think the better option).
>
> I understand "check for pdata to be NULL." If you think it is the
> better option I'd be happy to implement it but I don't understand how
> to implement "let each board choose whether it needs recovery."

This is done by just setting has_pfunc = 1 in the
davinci_i2c_platform_data defined in the board file.

Thanks,
Sekhar

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