linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] i3c: master: Check if devices have i3c_dev_boardinfo on i3c_master_add_i3c_dev

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Date:   Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:39:18 +0200
From:   Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...labora.com>
To:     Vitor Soares <Vitor.Soares@...opsys.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-i3c@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-i3c@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "bbrezillon@...nel.org" <bbrezillon@...nel.org>,
        "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com" <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] i3c: master: Check if devices have
 i3c_dev_boardinfo on i3c_master_add_i3c_dev_locked()

On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:00:44 +0000
Vitor Soares <Vitor.Soares@...opsys.com> wrote:

> Hi Boris,
> 
> From: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...labora.com>
> Date: Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 11:44:57
> 
> > On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 12:19:33 +0200
> > Vitor Soares <Vitor.Soares@...opsys.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > The I3C devices described in DT might not be attached to the master which
> > > doesn't allow to assign a specific dynamic address.  
> > 
> > I remember testing this when developing the framework, so, unless
> > another patch regressed it, it should already work. I suspect patch 1
> > is actually the regressing this use case.  
> 
> For today it doesn't address the case where the device is described with 
> static address = 0, which isn't attached to the controller.

Hm, I'm pretty sure I had designed the code to support that case (see
[1]). It might be buggy, but nothing we can't fix I guess.