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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 1/1] mfd: da9063: Support SMBus and I2C mode
On Tue, 16 Mar 2021, Mark Jonas wrote:

> From: Hubert Streidl <hubert.streidl@de.bosch.com>
>
> By default the PMIC DA9063 2-wire interface is SMBus compliant. This
> means the PMIC will automatically reset the interface when the clock
> signal ceases for more than the SMBus timeout of 35 ms.
>
> If the I2C driver / device is not capable of creating atomic I2C
> transactions, a context change can cause a ceasing of the clock signal.
> This can happen if for example a real-time thread is scheduled. Then
> the DA9063 in SMBus mode will reset the 2-wire interface. Subsequently
> a write message could end up in the wrong register. This could cause
> unpredictable system behavior.
>
> The DA9063 PMIC also supports an I2C compliant mode for the 2-wire
> interface. This mode does not reset the interface when the clock
> signal ceases. Thus the problem depicted above does not occur.
>
> This patch tests for the bus functionality "I2C_FUNC_I2C". It can
> reasonably be assumed that the bus cannot obey SMBus timings if
> this functionality is set. SMBus commands most probably are emulated
> in this case which is prone to the latency issue described above.
>
> This patch enables the I2C bus mode if I2C_FUNC_I2C is set or
> otherwise keeps the default SMBus mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hubert Streidl <hubert.streidl@de.bosch.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Jonas <mark.jonas@de.bosch.com>
> ---
> Changes in v6:
> - Fixed checkpatch check 'unaligned broken line'.
>
> Changes in v5:
> - Restructured according to feedback by Lee Jones.
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Remove logging of selected 2-wire bus mode.
>
> Changes in v3:
> - busmode now contains the correct bit DA9063_TWOWIRE_TO
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Implement proposal by Adam Thomson and Wolfram Sang to check for
> functionality I2C_FUNC_I2C instead of introducing a new DT property.
>
> drivers/mfd/da9063-i2c.c | 10 ++++++++++
> include/linux/mfd/da9063/registers.h | 3 +++
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

Applied with Wolfram's RB, thanks.

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