Re: [PATCH 7/9] docs: i2c: i2c-topology: reorder sections more logically

From: Luca Ceresoli
Date: Tue Aug 09 2022 - 03:07:01 EST


Hello Bagas,

thanks for the prompt review!

On Tue, 9 Aug 2022 09:08:03 +0700
Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 8/8/22 21:17, luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > +Mux-locked caveats
> > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > +
> > +When using a mux-locked mux, be aware of the following restrictions:
> > +
> > +* If you build a topology with a mux-locked mux being the parent
> > + of a parent-locked mux, this might break the expectation from the
> > + parent-locked mux that the root adapter is locked during the
> > + transaction.
> > +
> > +* It is not safe to build arbitrary topologies with two (or more)
> > + mux-locked muxes that are not siblings, when there are address
> > + collisions between the devices on the child adapters of these
> > + non-sibling muxes.
> > +
> > + I.e. the select-transfer-deselect transaction targeting e.g. device
> > + address 0x42 behind mux-one may be interleaved with a similar
> > + operation targeting device address 0x42 behind mux-two. The
> > + intension with such a topology would in this hypothetical example
> > + be that mux-one and mux-two should not be selected simultaneously,
> > + but mux-locked muxes do not guarantee that in all topologies.
> > +
>
> These two sentences in n. 2) can be combined into a single paragraph.
> Also, did you mean s/intension/intention/?

This patch does nothing but reformatting the current text.

Definitely "intension" is a mistake that I didn't spot, I'm adding a
patch to fix that.

About the paragraph split, I have no strong opinion but I'm feeling OK
with the current layout. It splits the generic statement from the
example and IMHO helps readability. Feel free to send a patch to change
that though, if you think it is useful.

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Luca Ceresoli, Bootlin
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