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-rw-r--r--drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
index c5628a42170a..a8bdcb5292f5 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
@@ -202,8 +202,15 @@ static void i2c_davinci_calc_clk_dividers(struct davinci_i2c_dev *dev)
* d is always 6 on Keystone I2C controller
*/
- /* get minimum of 7 MHz clock, but max of 12 MHz */
- psc = (input_clock / 7000000) - 1;
+ /*
+ * Both Davinci and current Keystone User Guides recommend a value
+ * between 7MHz and 12MHz. In reality 7MHz module clock doesn't
+ * always produce enough margin between SDA and SCL transitions.
+ * Measurements show that the higher the module clock is, the
+ * bigger is the margin, providing more reliable communication.
+ * So we better target for 12MHz.
+ */
+ psc = (input_clock / 12000000) - 1;
if ((input_clock / (psc + 1)) > 12000000)
psc++; /* better to run under spec than over */
d = (psc >= 2) ? 5 : 7 - psc;