On 16:30 Mon 20 Feb     , Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 15:27 Mon 20 Feb     , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 04:08:10PM +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD 
> > wrote:
> > > On 15:00 Mon 20 Feb     , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 03:46:35PM +0100, Jean-Christophe 
> > > > PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > > > On 13:58 Mon 20 Feb     , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 02:46:34PM +0100, Jean-Christophe 
> > > > > > PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > > > > > On 14:37 Mon 20 Feb     , Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > > > > > > On 12:50 Mon 20 Feb     , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:22:31AM +0100, Jean-Christophe 
> > > > > > > > > PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On 10:08 Mon 20 Feb     , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:58:13AM +0100, Jean-Christophe 
> > > > > > > > > > > PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > On 18:17 Mon 13 Feb     , Karol Lewandowski wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > +   - udelay: delay between GPIO operations (may 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > depend on each platform)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > +   - timeout: timeout to get data (ms)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > If these are really needed then I would prefer to 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > have these fully
> > > > > > > > > > > > > qualified (with unit type "-ms/-millisecs" appended).
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Regulator framework, with its "-microvolt/-microamp", 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > serve here as
> > > > > > > > > > > > > prime example of being quite descriptive (one doesn't 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > neet to look up
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the docs). Please see:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > >   
> > > > > > > > > > > > > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.omap/67637
> > > > > > > > > > > > timeout are usualy in ms I don't really see the need of 
> > > > > > > > > > > > -ms or so
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > Which is obviously total crap for udelay, which would be 
> > > > > > > > > > > in _micro_seconds.
> > > > > > > > > > agreed but here on i2c gpio I never see timetout as udelay 
> > > > > > > > > > so I don't see
> > > > > > > > > > the mandatory to force the name in the binding
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > futhermore it's maybe linux specific
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Stop grabbing at straws.  There's nothing linux specific 
> > > > > > > > > about the units
> > > > > > > > > of specification.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > What is linux specific is specifying the _delay_ rather than 
> > > > > > > > > specifying
> > > > > > > > > the bus frequency.  So as soon as you're trying to justify 
> > > > > > > > > not adding
> > > > > > > > > the units because they may be linux specific, you've already 
> > > > > > > > > lost that
> > > > > > > > > argument by using a delay rather than a bus frequency.  You 
> > > > > > > > > can't have
> > > > > > > > > it both ways.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Moreover, mixing microseconds and milliseconds in the 
> > > > > > > > > properties for a
> > > > > > > > > device is absolutely insane.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > So, which ever way, your patch as it currently stands is 
> > > > > > > > > wrong and broken.
> > > > > > > >  no what I said is the binding timeout is maybe linux specific 
> > > > > > > > for i2c gpio
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I do not argue about that here we do not even disucss about the 
> > > > > > > bus frequency
> > > > > > > but the specific bining to the i2c algo bit for it's internal 
> > > > > > > timeout
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > the timeout is used to do not end in an infinite loop while ready 
> > > > > > > the scl on
> > > > > > > slow device
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The patch is still wrong and broken.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > As you're not listening to me at all, I've lost patience, so I'm 
> > > > > > just going
> > > > > > to say this:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Explicit NAK on this patch.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > When you feel like you can _constructively_ _consider_ the point 
> > > > > > that both
> > > > > > Karol and myself have raised with respect to the _U_N_I_T_S_ then 
> > > > > > feel free
> > > > > > to continue this discussion.  If not, don't waste your time writing 
> > > > > > another
> > > > > > email.  I hope that's plain.
> > > > >
> > > > > I do not discuss about the U_N_I_T_S at all in this reply
> > > > > so the NACK is no revelent
> > > > 
> > > > LET ME PUT IT IN BIG LETTERS FOR YOU.  I AM DISCUSSING THE UNITS ISSUE 
> > > > IN
> > > > MY EMAILS.  YOU KEEP BRINGING UP THE LINUX SPECIFIC CRAP ABOUT UDELAY OR
> > > > TIMEOUT.
> > > > 
> > > > I AM TALKING ABOUT UNITS.  MICROSECONDS.  MILLISECONDS.
> > > > 
> > > > I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT UNITS ON THIS THREAD ALL DAY SO FAR.
> > > > 
> > > > GET IT THROUGH YOUR BIG HEAD THAT I AM DISCUSSING ABOUT THE UNITS.  I AM
> > > > NOT DISCUSSING, AND HAVE NOT BEEN DISCUSSING ABOUT WHETHER BUS FREQUENCY
> > > > OR DELAYS ARE APPROPRIATE IN THIS CASE.
> > > > 
> > > > ALL THAT I AM DISCUSSING IS ABOUT THE UNITS.  *T*H*E* *S*O*D*D*I*N*G*
> > > > *U*N*I*T*S*.
> > > > 
> > > > HAVE YOU GOT THE FUCKING MESSAGE YET?
> > > > 
> > > > SO, THE NACK STANDS UNTIL YOU START REPLYING TO THE POINT I AM RAISING.
> > > 
> > > I just said we have 2 properties
> > > 
> > > - timeout which is expressed in jiffies (today in C) which is at my sense 
> > > a linux specific
> > >   propertie as it's representing a timeout of the i2c bit algo
> > >   and here I don't see the mandatory to name it timeout-ms or 
> > > timeout-milisecond
> > 
> > THIS IS IN MILLISECONDS.
> > 
> > > - udelay which is the delay between GPIO operations
> > 
> > THIS IS IN MICROSECONDS.
> > 
> > TWO DIFFERENT UNITS FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES FOR THE SAME DEVICE.
> > CONFUSING.  NACK STANDS.
> 
> I said 
> 
> > > > > > > I do not argue about that 
> 
> after I just discuss about the fact taht "timeout" is maybe linux
> implementation specic and maybe need "linux," prefix that's all
can I have the NACK removed because I sis not agrued on the UNIT I add more
information about the fact that the property may be linux specific

Best Regards,
J.
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