> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Kevin Hilman [mailto:khil...@deeprootsystems.com] 
> Sent: 20. marraskuuta 2009 18:28
> To: Jokiniemi Kalle (Nokia-D/Tampere); Tony Lindgren
> Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org; m-sonas...@ti.com; Hogander 
> Jouni (Nokia-D/Tampere)
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 3/3] OMAP: I2C: Add mpu wake up 
> latency constraint in i2c
> 
> <kalle.jokini...@nokia.com> writes:
> 
> > Could you please take this patch in? Currently i2c is not 
> working very 
> > well with cpuidle and off mode, and the patch is needed.
> >
> > I would go with V4 of the patch.
> 
> Kalle,
> 
> Last I saw with this thread, it didn't look like there was resolution.

OK. Let's resolve it then :)

Moiz, could you please comment on my last reply in the old thread:

--------- (sent on 29th of October) ----------------

> >>Well, I don't completely agree with the necessity of preparing for 
> >>different rx/tx thresholds. For this to make sense, the i2c-omap 
> >>driver should first separate in it's code the use of rx and tx 
> >>thresholds. If someone is planning to do that, he/she should anyway 
> >>update the usage of fifo_size throughout the code, 
> including the wake 
> >>up latency setting.
> >>
> >>Anyways, attached a patch that separates the mpu wake up 
> latencies for 
> >>rx and tx. In case that is needed. Though I'm not for it, since it 
> >>adds unneeded complexity.
> >>
--------- (sent on 29th of October) ----------------

Attached also the alternative patch I was referring to.


> If things are resolved, this shouldn't go upstream via PM 
> branch, since it doesn't seem to have any dependencies on the 
> PM branch.

Ah, the pm interfaces are in mainline now.


> 
> It should go upstream either via the I2C list, or via Tony.
> 
> If it goes via i2c list, I can add it to PM branch while 
> waiting for it to merge.

Tony, would you take this? If not, what is the address for i2c mailing list, 
and who maintains i2c?

- Kalle

> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: linux-omap-ow...@vger.kernel.org 
> >>[mailto:linux-omap-ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of ext Kalle 
> >>Jokiniemi
> >>Sent: 29. lokakuuta 2009 10:55
> >>To: Sonasath, Moiz
> >>Cc: khil...@deeprootsystems.com; linux-omap@vger.kernel.org
> >>Subject: RE: [PATCH V4 3/3] OMAP: I2C: Add mpu wake up latency 
> >>constraint in i2c
> >>
> >>OK, let's try this once more, since my mail did not seem to go to 
> >>linux-omap.
> >>
> >>Sorry for the spam.
> >>
> >>See my comments below:
> >>
> >>On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 18:53 +0300, Sonasath, Moiz wrote:
> >>> Hello Jokiniemi!
> >>> 
> >>> > -----Original Message-----
> >>> > From: Kalle Jokiniemi [mailto:kalle.jokini...@digia.com]
> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:51 AM
> >>> > To: khil...@deeprootsystems.com
> >>> > Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org; Kalle Jokiniemi; Sonasath, Moiz;
> >>> Jarkko
> >>> > Nikula; Paul Walmsley; Menon, Nishanth
> >>> > Subject: [PATCH V4 3/3] OMAP: I2C: Add mpu wake up latency
> >>> constraint in
> >>> > i2c
> >>> > 
> >>> > While waiting for completion of the i2c transfer, the MPU
> >>could hit
> >>> > OFF mode and cause several msecs of delay that made i2c 
> transfers 
> >>> > fail more often. The extra delays and subsequent 
> re-trys cause i2c 
> >>> > clocks to be active more often. This has also an negative
> >>effect on
> >>> > power consumption.
> >>> > 
> >>> > Created a mechanism for passing and using the 
> constraint setting 
> >>> > function in driver code. The used mpu wake up latency 
> constraints 
> >>> > are now set individually per bus, and they are 
> calculated based on 
> >>> > clock rate and fifo size.
> >>> > 
> >>> > Thanks to Jarkko Nikula, Moiz Sonasath, Paul Walmsley, and
> >>Nishanth
> >>> > Menon for tuning out the details of this patch.
> >>> > 
> >>> > Cc: Moiz Sonasath <m-sonas...@ti.com>
> >>> > Cc: Jarkko Nikula <jhnik...@gmail.com>
> >>> > Cc: Paul Walmsley <p...@pwsan.com>
> >>> > Cc: Nishanth Menon <n...@ti.com>
> >>> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Jokiniemi <kalle.jokini...@digia.com>
> >>> > ---
> >>> > 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> >         dev->speed = speed;
> >>> >         dev->idle = 1;
> >>> > @@ -911,6 +923,11 @@ omap_i2c_probe(struct 
> platform_device *pdev)
> >>> >                  */
> >>> >                 dev->fifo_size = (dev->fifo_size / 2);
> >>> >                 dev->b_hw = 1; /* Enable hardware fixes */
> >>> > +
> >>> > +               /* calculate wakeup latency constraint 
> for MPU */
> >>> > +               if (dev->set_mpu_wkup_lat != NULL)
> >>> > +                       dev->latency = (1000000 * 
> dev->fifo_size) /
> >>> > +                                      (1000 * speed / 8);
> >>> >         }
> >>> 
> >>> IMHO, here instead of using 'dev->fifo_size' for calculating the 
> >>> 'dev->latency', we need to use:
> >>> 
> >>> 1. For RX case, to avoid Reciver overrun:
> >>>   if (msg->flags & I2C_M_RD)
> >>>           Use [(FIFO Depth)bytes - (FIFO THRSH)bytes] in
> >>calculating
> >>>           dev->latency
> >>> 
> >>> Because conceptually, RDR/RRDY interrupts are generated when
> >>RTRSH is
> >>> reached, so we want the MPU to be wake up within the time it
> >>takes to
> >>> fill the FIFO from RTRSH to FIFO Depth (FIFO full).
> >>> 
> >>> 2. For TX case, to avoid Transmitter Underflow:
> >>>   if (!(msg->flags & I2C_M_RD))
> >>>           Use (FIFO THRSH)bytes in calculating dev->latency
> >>> 
> >>> Because conceptually, XDR/XRDY interrupts are generated when
> >>XTRSH is
> >>> reached, so we want the MPU to be wake up within the time it
> >>takes to
> >>> drain the FIFO from XTRSH to Zero (FIFO empty).
> >>> 
> >>> Using, dev->fifo_size instead, works in the present code 
> because we 
> >>> have a RTRSH/XTRSH = dev->fifo_size/2 = 4 bytes And 
> therefore, (FIFO 
> >>> Depth)bytes - (FIFO THRSH)bytes = 8 - 4 = 4 bytes
> >>> 
> >>> But, to make it more generic in future and to make it 
> independent of 
> >>> any changes in the RTRSH/XTRSH values or FIFO depths in 
> future, we 
> >>> should use a generic code here.
> >>
> >>Well, I don't completely agree with the necessity of preparing for 
> >>different rx/tx thresholds. For this to make sense, the i2c-omap 
> >>driver should first separate in it's code the use of rx and tx 
> >>thresholds. If someone is planning to do that, he/she should anyway 
> >>update the usage of fifo_size throughout the code, 
> including the wake 
> >>up latency setting.
> >>
> >>Anyways, attached a patch that separates the mpu wake up 
> latencies for 
> >>rx and tx. In case that is needed. Though I'm not for it, since it 
> >>adds unneeded complexity.
> >>
> >>- Kalle
> >>
> >>> 
> >>> > 
> >>> >         /* reset ASAP, clearing any IRQs */ diff --git 
> >>> > a/include/linux/i2c-omap.h b/include/linux/i2c-omap.h new
> >>file mode
> >>> > 100644 index 0000000..1362fba
> >>> > --- /dev/null
> >>> > +++ b/include/linux/i2c-omap.h
> >>> > @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> >>> > +#ifndef __I2C_OMAP_H__
> >>> > +#define __I2C_OMAP_H__
> >>> > +
> >>> > +struct omap_i2c_bus_platform_data {
> >>> > +       u32             clkrate;
> >>> > +       void            (*set_mpu_wkup_lat)(struct device *dev, 
> >>int set);
> >>> > +};
> >>> > +
> >>> > +#endif
> >>> > --
> >>> > 1.5.4.3
> >>> 
> >>> Regards
> >>> Moiz Sonasath
> >>> 
> >>
> 

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