From cd97f39b7cdf1c8a9c9f52865eec795b7f0c811d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Delvare Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:19:49 +0100 Subject: i2c-dev: Clarify the unit of ioctl I2C_TIMEOUT The unit in which user-space can set the bus timeout value is jiffies for historical reasons (back when HZ was always 100.) This is however not good because user-space doesn't know how long a jiffy lasts. The timeout value should instead be set in a fixed time unit. Given the original value of HZ, this unit should be 10 ms, for compatibility. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Acked-by: Wolfram Sang --- include/linux/i2c-dev.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux/i2c-dev.h') diff --git a/include/linux/i2c-dev.h b/include/linux/i2c-dev.h index 311315b56b61..fd53bfd26470 100644 --- a/include/linux/i2c-dev.h +++ b/include/linux/i2c-dev.h @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ */ #define I2C_RETRIES 0x0701 /* number of times a device address should be polled when not acknowledging */ -#define I2C_TIMEOUT 0x0702 /* set timeout in jiffies - call with int */ +#define I2C_TIMEOUT 0x0702 /* set timeout in units of 10 ms */ /* NOTE: Slave address is 7 or 10 bits, but 10-bit addresses * are NOT supported! (due to code brokenness) -- cgit v1.2.2