From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org>
To: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: Alain Volmat <alain.volmat@st.com>,
mark.rutland@arm.com, pierre-yves.mordret@st.com,
mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com, alexandre.torgue@st.com,
linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, fabrice.gasnier@st.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] dt-bindings: i2c-stm32: add SMBus Alert bindings
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 08:22:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200721062217.GA1044@kunai> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200714023048.GA1151665@bogus>
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Hi Rob,
> > > The I2C/SMBUS framework already provides a mechanism to enable SMBus-Alert
> > > by naming an IRQ line "smbus_alert". However, on stm32, the SMBus-Alert is
> > > part of the i2c IRQ. Using the smbus_alert naming here would lead to having
> > > 2 handlers (the handler of the driver and the smbus_alert handler
> > > from I2C/SMBUS framework) on the unique i2c IRQ of the stm32. Meaning that
> > > the smbus_alert handler would get called for all IRQ generated by the stm32
> > > I2C controller.
> > >
> > > For that reason, the smbus_alert IRQ naming cannot be used and a dedicated
> > > binding is introduced.
> >
> > What if we update the core to not register another irq handler if the
> > "smbus_alert" and main irq are the same?
> >
> > I think it could work. However, while trying to make a proof-of-concept,
> > I found that irq descriptions in the generic i2c binding document are
> > probably mixed up. And before fixing that, I'd like to get HostNotify
> > done first.
>
> Why does this even need to be in DT? Can't the driver just register that
> it supports SMBus alert or have some call to the core signaling an SMBus
> alert?
If we emulate this SMBus behaviour with I2C, it means we apply
additional restrictions. In this case, there is an address which can't
be used anymore. Because there is another case of additional
restrictions, I proposed the binding "smbus" which means this bus is not
I2C but SMBus, so it is more restricted.
Thanks,
Wolfram
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-21 6:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-25 7:39 [PATCH v2 0/4] stm32-f7: Addition of SMBus Alert / Host-notify features Alain Volmat
2020-06-25 7:39 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] i2c: smbus: add core function handling SMBus host-notify Alain Volmat
2020-07-01 10:49 ` Wolfram Sang
2020-07-02 11:23 ` Alain Volmat
2020-06-25 7:39 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] i2c: addition of client hnotify reg/unreg callbacks Alain Volmat
2020-06-25 7:39 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] dt-bindings: i2c-stm32: add SMBus Alert bindings Alain Volmat
2020-06-30 19:41 ` Wolfram Sang
2020-07-14 2:30 ` Rob Herring
2020-07-21 6:22 ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2020-06-25 7:39 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] i2c: stm32f7: Add SMBus-specific protocols support Alain Volmat
2020-06-30 16:05 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] stm32-f7: Addition of SMBus Alert / Host-notify features Wolfram Sang
2020-07-01 9:21 ` Alain Volmat
2020-07-01 9:28 ` Wolfram Sang
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