Re: [PATCH 03/89] i2c: brcmstb: Support BCM2711 HDMI BSC controllers

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Tue Mar 10 2020 - 06:12:34 EST


On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 10:06:05AM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> The HDMI blocks in the BCM2771 have an i2c controller to retrieve the
> EDID. This block is split into two parts, the BSC and the AUTO_I2C,
> lying in two separate register areas.
>
> The AUTO_I2C block has a mailbox-like interface and will take away the
> BSC control from the CPU if enabled. However, the BSC is the actually
> the same controller than the one supported by the brcmstb driver, and
> the AUTO_I2C doesn't really bring any immediate benefit.
>
> Let's use the BSC then, but let's also tie the AUTO_I2C registers with a
> separate compatible so that we can enable AUTO_I2C if needed in the
> future.
>
> The AUTO_I2C is enabled by default at boot though, so we first need to
> release the BSC from the AUTO_I2C control.
>
> Cc: Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: bcm-kernel-feedback-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-i2c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@xxxxxxxxxx>

Fixed the acked-by and applied to for-next, thanks!

FYI, cppcheck rightfully warned about this in the driver:

drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-brcmstb.c:319:7: warning: Condition 'CMD_RD' is always true [knownConditionTrueFalse]
if ((CMD_RD || CMD_WR) &&
^
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-brcmstb.c:319:17: warning: Condition 'CMD_WR' is always false [knownConditionTrueFalse]
if ((CMD_RD || CMD_WR) &&
^
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-brcmstb.c:464:0: warning: Variable 'len' is assigned a value that is never used. [unreadVariable]
int len = 0;

Not related to this patch, but maybe one of you is interested...

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