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Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:27:10 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:	Linux I2C <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, Andrey Danin <danindrey@...l.ru>,
	Marc Dietrich <marvin24@....de>,
	Debora Grosse <debora@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Documentation: i2c: describe the new slave mode

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de> wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/i2c/slave-interface
> @@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
> +Linux I2C slave interface description
> +=====================================
> +
> +by Wolfram Sang <wsa@...g-engineering.com> in 2014-15
> +
> +Finally, Linux can also be an I2C slave in case I2C controllers have slave
> +support. Besides this HW requirement, one also needs a software backend
> +providing the actual functionality. An example for this is the slave-eeprom
> +driver, which acts as a dual memory driver. While another I2C master on the bus
> +can access it like a regular eeprom, the Linux I2C slave can access the content

EEPROM (to match [PATCH 3/3])
contents

> +via sysfs and retrieve/provide information as needed. The software backend

> +About ACK/NACK
> +--------------
> +
> +It is good behaviour to always ACK the address phase, so the master knows if a
> +device is basically present or if it mysteriously disappeared. Using NACK to
> +state being busy is troublesome. SMBus demands to always ACK the address phase,
> +while I2C specification is more loose on that. Most I2C controllers also

the I2C specification

> +automatically ACK when detecting its slave address, so there is no option to

their slave addresses

> +NACK it. For those reasons, this API does not support NACK in the address

NACK them.

> +phase.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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