linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/13] dt-bindings: i2c: nomadik: add timeout-usecs property bindings

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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:43:55 +0100
From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
To: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
	Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
	Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@...ileye.com>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
	Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik.bayouk@...ileye.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] dt-bindings: i2c: nomadik: add timeout-usecs
 property bindings

Hi,

> > > > i2c-mpc (fsl,timeout) and i2c-gpio (i2c-gpio,timeout-ms). I agree this
> > > > prop has no reason to be compatible-specific.

Anyone up to convert these drivers to the new binding and mark the old
ones as deprecated?

> > > As Rob mentioned this isn't in the kernel schemas but in dtschema, so
> > > you need to patch this:
> > > https://github.com/robherring/dt-schema

@Rob: My memory fails a little bit about these two schemas: we have the
github one for generic bindings, not strictly related to Linux, right?
But why do we have then i2c.txt in ther kernel tree? Why don't we sync
regularly with the generic schema?

> Note: I've sent a draft patch to dt-schema. See:
> https://github.com/devicetree-org/dt-schema/pull/129

I used to argue that you can set this timeout to any value in userspace.
I have been convinced that it might make sense to set it early so it is
in use already when booting. So, for this pull request:

Reviewed-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>

All the best,

   Wolfram


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