[U-Boot] Odd value for I2C_TIMEOUT in fsl_i2c.c
Timur Tabi
timur at freescale.com
Fri Sep 4 20:39:26 CEST 2009
Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Probably not. If you place a read request to a slow device it may
> take tens of milliseconds, or even longer - I have no idea. IIRC we
> had a box with a LCD display connected over I2C, which didn't ent
> into production as originally designed because writing the content
> took over 100 millisec.
Well, that's an extreme case that is board-specific. Perhaps I should do this:
#ifndef CONFIG_I2C_TIMEOUT
#define CONFIG_I2C_TIMEOUT 1000
#endif
Keep in mind that so far, the number 250 has been good enough for every board to date. Why my current board is happier with 500 is a mystery to me.
Also, should we be using the same value for the timeout in i2c_wait4bus() and i2c_wait()? It looks like i2c_wait() should have a much shorter timeout than i2c_wait4bus()?
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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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