linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] arm64: dts: exynos: gs101: enable i2c bus 12 on gs101-oriole

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Message-ID: <0d3236e90604e82a609d205c6fbb56fd882ecfbb.camel@linaro.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:40:02 +0000
From: André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>
To: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] arm64: dts: exynos: gs101: enable i2c bus 12 on
 gs101-oriole

Hi Sam,

On Fri, 2024-01-26 at 20:58 -0600, Sam Protsenko wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 6:19 PM André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org> wrote:
> > 
> > This bus has various USB-related devices attached to it.
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > +&hsi2c_12 {
> > +       status = "okay";
> 
> But there are no bus clients declared here? A bit of explanation about
> how this bus is being currently used would be nice to have (in commit
> message); e.g. maybe it's used in user space somehow, etc. Because
> otherwise it doesn't have much sense to enable the bus with no users.

As per the commit message, there are devices, but:
* most or all don't have an upstream driver at this stage
* it does make sense to enable the bus, as enabling it allows working on
  the drivers for the devices that are attached to this bus

Cheers,
Andre'