linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 6/6] i2c: designware-pci: Add a note about struct dw_scl_sda

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Date:   Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:00:34 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/6] i2c: designware-pci: Add a note about struct dw_scl_sda_cfg usage

Add a note about struct dw_scl_sda_cfg usage to discourage people
of using this structure on new platforms. Instead they should try
hard to put the needed information into firmware descriptions.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
---
v2: added tag (Jarkko)

 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c
index bc19d7f59d31..0ae3bbe8ed4e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-pcidrv.c
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ enum dw_pci_ctl_id_t {
 	navi_amd,
 };
 
+/*
+ * This is a legacy structure to describe the hardware counters
+ * to configure signal timings on the bus. For Device Tree platforms
+ * one should use the respective properties and for ACPI there is
+ * a set of ACPI methods that provide these counters. No new
+ * platform should use this structure.
+ */
 struct dw_scl_sda_cfg {
 	u16 ss_hcnt;
 	u16 fs_hcnt;
-- 
2.33.0