Am 21.11.2011 08:35, schrieb Jason Hui:
> Hi, Ben, Jean,
> 
> I have one issue about the i2c failure: there will be on-going i2c
> transfer while system get reset.
> At the time when the reset happens, the slave may pull the SDA to
> LOW.After reset, the i2c master may reset, but
> the slave may still pull the SDA to LOW since there is no reset pin
> for the slave device to do i2c reset, thus
> result in the further i2c access failure forever unless we completely
> power off the system by pulling out
> the battery.
> 

This is a common failure scenario and should be solved by your adapter
driver automatically by issuing 9 clock cycles on detection.
-- 
KR
Michael
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