Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] hwmon: (jc42) optionally try to disable the SMBUS timeout

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Mon Nov 27 2017 - 11:48:46 EST


On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 05:31:00PM +0100, Peter Rosin wrote:
> With a nxp,se97 chip on an atmel sama5d31 board, the I2C adapter driver
> is not always capable of avoiding the 25-35 ms timeout as specified by
> the SMBUS protocol. This may cause silent corruption of the last bit of
> any transfer, e.g. a one is read instead of a zero if the sensor chip
> times out. This also affects the eeprom half of the nxp-se97 chip, where
> this silent corruption was originally noticed. Other I2C adapters probably
> suffer similar issues, e.g. bit-banging comes to mind as risky...
>
> The SMBUS register in the nxp chip is not a standard Jedec register, but
> it is not special to the nxp chips either, at least the atmel chips
> have the same mechanism. Therefore, do not special case this on the
> manufacturer, it is opt-in via the device property anyway.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks ok to me. I'll apply after Rob's approval.

Guenter

> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt | 4 ++++
> drivers/hwmon/jc42.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt
> index 07a250498fbb..f569db58f64a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/jc42.txt
> @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Required properties:
>
> - reg: I2C address
>
> +Optional properties:
> +- smbus-timeout-disable: When set, the smbus timeout function will be disabled.
> + This is not supported on all chips.
> +
> Example:
>
> temp-sensor@1a {
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
> index 5f11dc014ed6..e5234f953a6d 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/jc42.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
> */
>
> +#include <linux/bitops.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> @@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ static const unsigned short normal_i2c[] = {
> #define JC42_REG_TEMP 0x05
> #define JC42_REG_MANID 0x06
> #define JC42_REG_DEVICEID 0x07
> +#define JC42_REG_SMBUS 0x22 /* NXP and Atmel, possibly others? */
>
> /* Status bits in temperature register */
> #define JC42_ALARM_CRIT_BIT 15
> @@ -75,6 +77,9 @@ static const unsigned short normal_i2c[] = {
> #define GT_MANID 0x1c68 /* Giantec */
> #define GT_MANID2 0x132d /* Giantec, 2nd mfg ID */
>
> +/* SMBUS register */
> +#define SMBUS_STMOUT BIT(7) /* SMBus time-out, active low */
> +
> /* Supported chips */
>
> /* Analog Devices */
> @@ -495,6 +500,22 @@ static int jc42_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>
> data->extended = !!(cap & JC42_CAP_RANGE);
>
> + if (device_property_read_bool(dev, "smbus-timeout-disable")) {
> + int smbus;
> +
> + /*
> + * Not all chips support this register, but from a
> + * quick read of various datasheets no chip appears
> + * incompatible with the below attempt to disable
> + * the timeout. And the whole thing is opt-in...
> + */
> + smbus = i2c_smbus_read_word_swapped(client, JC42_REG_SMBUS);
> + if (smbus < 0)
> + return smbus;
> + i2c_smbus_write_word_swapped(client, JC42_REG_SMBUS,
> + smbus | SMBUS_STMOUT);
> + }
> +
> config = i2c_smbus_read_word_swapped(client, JC42_REG_CONFIG);
> if (config < 0)
> return config;
> --
> 2.11.0
>