Re: [RFC v2 2/4] dt-bindings: i2c: mux: demux-pinctrl: add bindings

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Wed Jan 13 2016 - 07:52:37 EST


On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 03:30:39PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Wolfram,
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > These bindings allow an I2C bus to switch between multiple masters. This
> > is not hot-swichting because connected I2C slaves will be
> > re-instantiated. It is meant to select the best I2C core at runtime once
> > the task is known. Example: Prefer i2c-gpio over another I2C core
> > because of HW errata affetcing your use case.
>
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-demux-pinctrl.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
>
> > +Here is a snipplet for a bus to be demuxed. It contains various i2c clients for
>
> snippet
>
> > +HDMI, so the bus is named "i2c-hdmi":
> > +
> > + i2chdmi: i2c@8 {
>
> Would it make sense to call the node "i2c-bus@8"?

That sounds like a question for our EPapr expert Sergei (CCed) :)

> > +
> > + compatible = "i2c-demux-pinctrl";
> > + i2c-parent = <&gpioi2c>, <&iic2>, <&i2c2>;
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
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>
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