Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: i2c: gpio: Add 'transition-delay-us' property

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Jun 03 2024 - 11:58:22 EST


On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 02:13:37PM +0200, Peter Rosin wrote:
> Hi!
>
> 2024-05-29 at 11:17, Bastien Curutchet wrote:
> > I2C MUXes described by the i2c-gpio-mux sometimes need a significant
> > amount of time to switch from a bus to another. When a new bus is
> > selected, the first I2C transfer can fail if it occurs too early. There
> > is no way to describe this transition delay that has to be waited before
> > starting the first I2C transfer.
> >
> > Add a 'transition-delay-us' property that indicates the delay to be
> > respected before doing the first i2c transfer.
>
> The io-channel-mux has a property with very similar intent named
> settle-time-us [1]. I think we should use the same name here.
>
> [1] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/multiplexer/io-channel-mux.yaml

Agreed. I knew we had something and went looking... I only checked the
base mux and i2c mux bindings.

Rob