linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14] i2c: virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:44:33 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Jie Deng <jie.deng@...el.com>, wsa@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com,
        mst@...hat.com, arnd@...db.de, jasowang@...hat.com,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, yu1.wang@...el.com,
        shuo.a.liu@...el.com, conghui.chen@...el.com, stefanha@...hat.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14] i2c: virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver

On 09-07-21, 10:25, Jie Deng wrote:
> Add an I2C bus driver for virtio para-virtualization.
> 
> The controller can be emulated by the backend driver in
> any device model software by following the virtio protocol.
> 
> The device specification can be found on
> https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202101/msg00008.html.
> 
> By following the specification, people may implement different
> backend drivers to emulate different controllers according to
> their needs.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Conghui Chen <conghui.chen@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Conghui Chen <conghui.chen@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jie Deng <jie.deng@...el.com>
> ---
> Changes v13 -> v14
> 	- Put the headers in virtio_i2c.h in alphabetical order.
> 	- Dropped I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK support.
> 	- Dropped few unnecessary variables and checks.
> 	- Use "num" everywhere instead of num or nr, to be consistent.
> 	- Added few comments which make the design more clear. 

Wolfram,

Is it still possible to queue this for 5.14 ?

-- 
viresh