On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:50:05PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> i2c_algo_bit_data.timeout is supposed to be in jiffies, so drivers
> should use set this value in terms of HZ.
> 
> Ultimately I think this field should be discarded in favor of
> i2c_adapter.timeout, but that's left for a future patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <[email protected]>
> Cc: Russell King <[email protected]>
> Cc: Lennert Buytenhek <[email protected]>
> Cc: Len Sorensen <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-acorn.c   |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ixp2000.c |    2 +-
>  drivers/i2c/busses/scx200_i2c.c  |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-2.6.29-rc5.orig/drivers/i2c/busses/scx200_i2c.c     2009-02-22 
> 12:32:33.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.29-rc5/drivers/i2c/busses/scx200_i2c.c  2009-02-22 
> 12:32:45.000000000 +0100
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static struct i2c_algo_bit_data scx200_i
>       .getsda         = scx200_i2c_getsda,
>       .getscl         = scx200_i2c_getscl,
>       .udelay         = 10,
> -     .timeout        = 100,
> +     .timeout        = HZ,
>  };

OK.  Well I know the driver has worked for me with both HZ=100 and now
HZ=1000, so making it consistent sounds good to me.  I think a lot of
people thought it was in microseconds or miliseconds.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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