Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] dt-bindings: i2c-ast2600: Add support for AST2600 i2C driver

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 16/02/2023 05:17, Dhananjay Phadke wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
> 
> On 2/14/2023 9:43 PM, Ryan Chen wrote:
>> It is not duplicated, as my description in cover " This series add AST2600 i2c new register set driver"
>> So, this will be different driver compatible.
>> The original compatible is
>>        - aspeed,ast2400-i2c-bus
>>        - aspeed,ast2500-i2c-bus
>>        - aspeed,ast2600-i2c-bus
>> So the new register set compatible is "- aspeed,ast2600-i2c", remove "bus".
> 
> Is it possible to keep existing driver drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-aspeed.c
> for ast2400/ast2500, while move ast2600 support to new driver
> altogether, say i2c-ast2600.c along with new register mode? By default
> new driver can support legacy mode with same compatible "aspeed,ast2600-
> i2c-bus", additionally driven by dt props, switch to new mode.

So this is for the same hardware? Then the bindings are duplicated.
Driver is actually duplicated as well - rework the old one, instead of
adding this.

Best regards,
Krzysztof