[PATCH v2] i2c-mpc: generate START condition after STOP caused by read i2c_msg

Esben Haabendal esbenhaabendal at gmail.com
Tue May 26 21:30:21 EST 2009


On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Esben Haabendal <eha at doredevelopment.dk> wrote:
> This fixes MAL (arbitration lost) bug caused by illegal use of
> RSTA (repeated START) after STOP condition generated after last byte
> of reads. With this patch, it is possible to do an i2c_transfer() with
> additional i2c_msg's following the I2C_M_RD messages.
>
> It still needs to be resolved if it is possible to fix this issue
> by removing the STOP condition after reads in a robust way.
>
> Signed-off-by: Esben Haabendal <eha at doredevelopment.dk>
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c |    9 +++++++--
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Any blockers to get this accepted?

/Esben



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