i2c-i801: Let the user disable selected driver features
authorJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Fri, 21 May 2010 16:40:54 +0000 (18:40 +0200)
committerJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Fri, 21 May 2010 16:40:54 +0000 (18:40 +0200)
Let the user disable selected features normally supported by the
device. This makes it possible to work around possible driver or
hardware bugs if the feature in question doesn't work as intended
for whatever reason.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Felix Rubinstein <felixru@gmail.com>
Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c

index e1bb5b2..e307914 100644 (file)
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ Authors:
 Module Parameters
 -----------------
 
-None.
+* disable_features (bit vector)
+Disable selected features normally supported by the device. This makes it
+possible to work around possible driver or hardware bugs if the feature in
+question doesn't work as intended for whatever reason. Bit values:
+  1  disable SMBus PEC
+  2  disable the block buffer
+  8  disable the I2C block read functionality
 
 
 Description
index 299b918..f0fef34 100644 (file)
@@ -138,6 +138,17 @@ static struct pci_dev *I801_dev;
 #define FEATURE_I2C_BLOCK_READ (1 << 3)
 static unsigned int i801_features;
 
+static const char *i801_feature_names[] = {
+       "SMBus PEC",
+       "Block buffer",
+       "Block process call",
+       "I2C block read",
+};
+
+static unsigned int disable_features;
+module_param(disable_features, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_features, "Disable selected driver features");
+
 /* Make sure the SMBus host is ready to start transmitting.
    Return 0 if it is, -EBUSY if it is not. */
 static int i801_check_pre(void)
@@ -692,7 +703,7 @@ static void __devinit dmi_check_onboard_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm,
 static int __devinit i801_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
        unsigned char temp;
-       int err;
+       int err, i;
 #if defined CONFIG_SENSORS_FSCHMD || defined CONFIG_SENSORS_FSCHMD_MODULE
        const char *vendor;
 #endif
@@ -720,6 +731,14 @@ static int __devinit i801_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id
                break;
        }
 
+       /* Disable features on user request */
+       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(i801_feature_names); i++) {
+               if (i801_features & disable_features & (1 << i))
+                       dev_notice(&dev->dev, "%s disabled by user\n",
+                                  i801_feature_names[i]);
+       }
+       i801_features &= ~disable_features;
+
        err = pci_enable_device(dev);
        if (err) {
                dev_err(&dev->dev, "Failed to enable SMBus PCI device (%d)\n",