linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] i2c: aspeed: Add slave

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Message-ID: <YaUoeFZn6zLNoGed@kunai>
Date:   Mon, 29 Nov 2021 20:22:32 +0100
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
To:     Quan Nguyen <quan@...amperecomputing.com>,
        Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...id.au>,
        Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        Open Source Submission <patches@...erecomputing.com>,
        Phong Vo <phong@...amperecomputing.com>,
        "Thang Q . Nguyen" <thang@...amperecomputing.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] i2c: aspeed: Add slave_enable() to toggle slave
 mode

Hi,

I still wonder if we can't get the SSIF BMC driver upstream...

> @all: Plus, I neither like the API (because it doesn't look generic to
> me but mostly handling one issue needed here) nor do I fully understand
> the use case. Normally, when a read is requested and the backend needs
> time to deliver the data, the hardware should stretch the SCL clock
> until some data register is finally written to. If it doesn't do it for
> whatever reason, this is a quirky hardware in my book and needs handling
> in the driver only. So, what is special with this HW? Can't we solve it
> differently?

... for that, it would be great if somebody could answer my questions
here :)

Happy hacking,

   Wolfram


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