Re: [PATCH v1] i3c: master: ast2600: Fix missing of_node for virtual I2C adapter

From: Jeremy Kerr

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 01:44:22 EST


Hi Peter,

> The ASPEED AST2600 I3C master driver creates a virtual I2C adapter to
> provide backward compatibility with I2C devices. However, the current
> implementation does not associate this virtual adapter with any
> Device Tree node.
>
> This patch propagates the of_node from the I3C master platform device
> to the virtual I2C adapter's device structure. This ensures that
> standard I2C aliases are correctly resolved and bus numbering remains
> consistent across reboots.

Sounds sensible - but:

> --- a/drivers/i3c/master/ast2600-i3c-master.c
> +++ b/drivers/i3c/master/ast2600-i3c-master.c
> @@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ static int ast2600_i3c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>                         i3c->sda_pullup);
>  
>         i3c->dw.platform_ops = &ast2600_i3c_ops;
> +       i3c->dw.base.i2c.dev.of_node = np;
>         return dw_i3c_common_probe(&i3c->dw, pdev);
>  }

Why not do this in the common (dw) driver? Nothing about the of_node
association is aspeed-specific.

Cheers,


Jeremy