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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] i2c-s3c2410: Add bus arbitration implementation
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+Olof

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Mark Brown
<broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:35:35AM +0530, Naveen Krishna Chatradhi wrote:
>
>> The arbitrator is a general purpose function which uses two GPIOs to
>> communicate with another device to claim/release a bus. We use it to
>> arbitrate an i2c port between the AP and the EC.
>
> Should this not be layerd on top of the I2C controller rather than part
> of the controller driver? It doesn't seem terribly controller specific.

It was originally done separately but I think it was felt that this
was overly complex. Olof can you please comment on this?

Regards,
Simon


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