Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 REPOST 4/4] i2c: i2c-ibm-iic: Implements a polling mode

From: Wolfram Sang <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 16:13:10 +0100

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 04:12:56PM +0100, jean-jacques hiblot wrote:
> From: jean-jacques hiblot <[email-masked]>
> 
> When no valid interrupt is defined for the controller, use polling to handle
> the transfers.
> The polling mode can also be forced with the "iic_force_poll" module parameter.
> 
> Signed-off-by: jean-jacques hiblot <[email-masked]>

Do I understand correctly: Polling was not available after patch 2 until patch 4?

Has the signal handling been tested extensively? Most drivers do not
handle signals because it is usually cumbersome to cancel a transfer
gracefully. That being said, it might work well for you here.