[Letux-kernel] jz4730-i2c

[Paul Boddie]

On Sunday, 21 February 2021 17:42:38 CET H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> 
> So maybe time gives us another idea.
> 
> Or we have to go back to a non-IRQ driver model to become able to fix the
> remaining issues and upstream everything soon. Then we get a chance for
> inclusion into v5.13.
> 
> So let's shift priorities and come back to this IRQ based driver later.

Yes, I think that it would almost be better to just have the driver 
periodically check the bus state. Is it possible to schedule some kind of 
kernel task to wake up every so many microseconds during a transaction?

Given that I2C uses a fairly flexible protocol with it potentially being 
possible to slow communications to a fairly low speed (maybe even suspending 
them if I remember correctly), that might be a satisfactory approach.

Something else to look at, I guess.

Paul