Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: i2c: Add support for ASPEED i2Cv2

From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@codeconstruct.com.au>
To: Ryan Chen <ryan_chen@aspeedtech.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
	Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>, Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>,
	 Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>,
	openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	 linux-aspeed@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: i2c: Add support for ASPEED i2Cv2
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:28:47 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2141e513acc750bf26775f5b435f4dccd41244aa.camel@codeconstruct.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230220061745.1973981-2-ryan_chen@aspeedtech.com>

Hi Ryan,

> AST2600 support new register set for I2Cv2 controller, add bindings
> document to support driver of i2cv2 new register mode controller.

Some comments inline:

> +  clock-frequency:
> +    description:
> +      Desired I2C bus clock frequency in Hz. default 100khz.
> +
> +  multi-master:
> +    type: boolean
> +    description:
> +      states that there is another master active on this bus

These are common to all i2c controllers, but I see that
i2c-controller.yaml doesn't include them (while i2c.text does).

I assume we're OK to include these in the device bindings in the
meantime. But in that case, you may also want to include the common
"smbus-alert" property, which you consume in your driver.

> +  timeout:
> +    type: boolean
> +    description: Enable i2c bus timeout for master/slave (35ms)
> +
> +  byte-mode:
> +    type: boolean
> +    description: Force i2c driver use byte mode transmit
> +
> +  buff-mode:
> +    type: boolean
> +    description: Force i2c driver use buffer mode transmit

These three aren't really a property of the hardware, more of the
intended driver configuration. Do they really belong in the DT?

[and how would a DT author know which modes to choose?]

> +  aspeed,gr:
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
> +    description: The phandle of i2c global register node.

We'll probably want this to be consistent with other instances of aspeed
global register references. I've used "aspeed,global-regs" in the
proposed i3c binding:

  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/cover.1676532146.git.jk@codeconstruct.com.au/T/#mda2d005f77ca0c481b1f1edadb58fc1b007a5cc3

I'd argue that "global-regs" is a little more clear, but I'm okay with
either way - that change has been Acked but not been merged yet.
Whichever we choose though, it should be consistent.

Cheers,

Jeremy