Re: [i2c] [PATCH] I2C bus driver for Philips ARM boards

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Jun 22 2006 - 14:41:52 EST


On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 03:31:46PM +0400, Vitaly Wool wrote:
> +static inline int i2c_pnx_bus_busy(volatile struct i2c_regs *master)
> +{
> + long timeout;
> +
> + timeout = TIMEOUT * 10000;
> + if (timeout > 0 && (master->sts & mstatus_active)) {

Please use the proper ioread() function to read from memory, and don't
rely on a memory mapped structure. Linux does this in order to work for
all platforms.

A big hint about this, if you have volatile in your driver, it's
wrong...

thanks,

greg k-h
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