Re: [RFC PATCH v2 5/6] i2c: of: mark a whole array of regs as reserved
From: Luca Ceresoli
Date: Fri Apr 10 2020 - 13:05:29 EST
On 18/03/20 16:00, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Back then, 'reg' properties in I2C DT bindings only contained one
> address and this address was assigned a device and, thus, blocked.
> Meanwhile, chips using multiple addresses are common and the 'reg'
> property can be an array described by 'reg-names'. This code enhances
> I2C DT parsing, so it will reserve all addresses described in an array.
> They will be bound to the 'dummy' driver as 'reserved' iff the first
> address can be assigned successfully. If that is not the case, the array
> is not further considered. If one later address of the array can not be
> assigned, it will be reported but we don't bail out. The driver has to
> decide if that address is critical or not.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Luca