linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] i2c: virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver

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Date:   Tue, 2 Mar 2021 09:13:23 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Jie Deng <jie.deng@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com, wsa@...nel.org,
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        u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        yu1.wang@...el.com, shuo.a.liu@...el.com,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] i2c: virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver

On 02-03-21, 10:21, Jie Deng wrote:
> On 2021/3/1 19:54, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> That's my original proposal. I used to mirror this interface with "struct
> i2c_msg".
> 
> But the design philosophy of virtio TC is that VIRTIO devices are not
> specific to Linux
> so the specs design should avoid the limitations of the current Linux driver
> behavior.

Right, I understand that.

> We had some discussion about this. You may check these links to learn the
> story.
> https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202010/msg00016.html
> https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202010/msg00033.html
> https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202011/msg00025.html

So the thing is that we want to support full duplex mode, right ?

How will that work protocol wise ? I mean how would we know if we are
expecting both tx and rx buffers in a transfer ?

-- 
viresh