linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] i2c: Add FSI-attached I2C master algorithm

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VerhOMCTPGz5b8wUNL611AdT1iutRm-wrHfzzT+_GbvWA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 31 May 2018 00:31:38 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Eddie James <eajames@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-i2c <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] i2c: Add FSI-attached I2C master algorithm

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 12:07 AM, Eddie James
<eajames@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> This series adds an algorithm for an I2C master physically located on an FSI
> slave device. The I2C master has multiple ports, each of which may be connected
> to an I2C slave. Access to the I2C master registers is achieved over FSI bus.
>
> Due to the multi-port nature of the I2C master, the driver instantiates a new
> I2C adapter for each port connected to a slave. The connected ports should be
> defined in the device tree under the I2C master device.

I'll comment the series later, though you have to address previous
comments first:
- understand devm_ purpose and how it works
- understand list_for_each*() macros
- discuss with maintainer a design of enumerating ports
- ... (whatever I forgot and others added) ...

> Changes since v7
>  - Fix grammer in Kconfig (a -> an)
>  - Change I2C registers to use BIT and GENMASK
>  - Remove custom macros and use FIELD_PREP and FIELD_GET
>  - Fix a few unecessary initializations and "return rc" that are always zero
>  - Clean up the read/write fifo functions a bit
>  - Few other clean-up items
>
> Changes since v6
>  - Remove spinlock for reset functionality; it's unecessary and doesn't work
>    with the latest FSI core.
>  - Use a mutex instead of a semaphore, and don't wait for timeout to get the
>    lock.
>  - Use usleeps instead of schedule_timeout; it's not worth the overhead when
>    the wait should be very short in between sending the command and receiving
>    the response.
>
> Changes since v5
>  - Fix reset functionality and do a reset after every transfer failure
>
> Eddie James (7):
>   dt-bindings: i2c: Add FSI-attached I2C master dt binding documentation
>   i2c: Add FSI-attached I2C master algorithm
>   i2c: fsi: Add port structures
>   i2c: fsi: Add abort and hardware reset procedures
>   i2c: fsi: Add transfer implementation
>   i2c: fsi: Add I2C master locking
>   i2c: fsi: Add bus recovery
>
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-fsi.txt |  40 ++
>  drivers/i2c/busses/Kconfig                        |  11 +
>  drivers/i2c/busses/Makefile                       |   1 +
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-fsi.c                      | 722 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 774 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-fsi.txt
>  create mode 100644 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-fsi.c
>
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko