RE: [PATCH v1 2/8] ARM: dts: aspeed: yosemite4: Add i2c-mux for four NICs

From: Delphine_CC_Chiu/WYHQ/Wiwynn
Date: Thu Oct 03 2024 - 03:42:34 EST




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> From: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/8] ARM: dts: aspeed: yosemite4: Add i2c-mux for four
> NICs
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> On Tue, 2024-10-01 at 07:52 +0000, Delphine_CC_Chiu/WYHQ/Wiwynn wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 8:37 AM
> > > To: Delphine_CC_Chiu/WYHQ/Wiwynn
> <Delphine_CC_Chiu@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > patrick@xxxxxxxxx; Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>; Krzysztof
> > > Kozlowski <krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>; Conor Dooley <conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Ricky CX Wu <ricky.cx.wu.wiwynn@xxxxxxxxx>;
> > > devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > linux-aspeed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/8] ARM: dts: aspeed: yosemite4: Add i2c-mux
> > > for four NICs
> > >
> > > [External Sender]
> > >
> > > [External Sender]
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2024-09-30 at 15:04 +0800, Delphine CC Chiu wrote:
> > > > From: Ricky CX Wu <ricky.cx.wu.wiwynn@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Add i2c-mux on Spider board for four NICs and add the temperature
> > > > sensor and EEPROM for the NICs.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ricky CX Wu <ricky.cx.wu.wiwynn@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Delphine CC Chiu <Delphine_CC_Chiu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > .../aspeed/aspeed-bmc-facebook-yosemite4.dts | 75
> > > > ++++++++++++++++++-
> > > > 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git
> > > > a/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-facebook-yosemite4.dts
> > > > b/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-facebook-yosemite4.dts
> > > > index dbc992a625b7..b813140b3c5b 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-facebook-yosemite4.dts
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-facebook-yosemite4.dts
> > > > @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ aliases {
> > > > i2c21 = &imux21;
> > > > i2c22 = &imux22;
> > > > i2c23 = &imux23;
> > > > + i2c24 = &imux24;
> > > > + i2c25 = &imux25;
> > > > + i2c26 = &imux26;
> > > > + i2c27 = &imux27;
> > > > i2c34 = &imux34;
> > > > i2c35 = &imux35;
> > > > };
> > > > @@ -1196,8 +1200,9 @@ adc@35 {
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > &i2c15 {
> > > > + #address-cells = <1>;
> > > > + #size-cells = <0>;
> > > > status = "okay";
> > > > - mctp-controller;
> > >
> > > Why are you deleting this if you're not also deleting the MCTP endpoint
> node?
> > >
> > > Unless there's some reason this is related to the NICs, this should
> > > be its own patch with its own justification.
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > We have discussed with Jeremy from Code Construct about removing the
> > mctp-controller on bus 15 before.
> >
> > He thought it would be better to add the mctp-controller on each i2c
> > mux port so the MCTP driver would ensure that the mux was configured
> > properly before communicating with the device.
> >
> > I'll split a patch to remove the mctp-controller on bus 15 in next serial of
> patches.
>
> Ah, so having looked through v2, I can see what you're trying to achieve. I don't
> think it's necessary to split this out from the NIC mux patch, they are related.
>
> Andrew
Sure, I'll merge the patch to the NIC mux patch in the next version of patches.

Regards,
Ricky