linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: aspeed: disable additional device addresses on ast2[56]xx

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Date:   Fri, 7 May 2021 12:57:20 -0700
From:   Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>
To:     Zev Weiss <zev@...ilderbeest.net>
Cc:     Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...id.au>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] i2c: aspeed: disable additional device addresses on ast2[56]xx

On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 1:54 PM Zev Weiss <zev@...ilderbeest.net> wrote:
>
> The ast25xx and ast26xx have, respectively, two and three configurable
> slave device addresses to the ast24xx's one.  We only support using
> one at a time, but the others may come up in an indeterminate state
> depending on hardware/bootloader behavior, so we need to make sure we
> disable them so as to avoid ending up with phantom devices on the bus.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zev Weiss <zev@...ilderbeest.net>

Looks great! No concerns from me.

Nevertheless, I am not in a position to test this at this time. Joel,
or Andrew could one of you (or someone else on the mailing list) test
this?

Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>