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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:58:28 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: i2c: Add RTL9300 I2C controller
On 23/09/2024 23:09, Chris Packham wrote:
> Hi Krzyzstof,
>
> On 23/09/24 08:25, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 12:09:28PM +1200, Chris Packham wrote:
>>> Add dtschema for the I2C controller on the RTL9300 SoC. The I2C
>>> controllers on this SoC are part of the "switch" block which is
>>> represented here as a syscon node. The SCL pins are dependent on the I2C
>>> controller (GPIO8 for the first controller, GPIO 17 for the second). The
>>> SDA pins can be assigned to either one of the I2C controllers (but not
>>> both).
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Notes:
>>> Changes in v2:
>>> - Use reg property for controller registers
>>> - Remove global-control-offset (will be hard coded in driver)
>>> - Integrated the multiplexing function. Child nodes now represent the
>>> available SDA lines
>>>
>>> .../bindings/i2c/realtek,rtl9300-i2c.yaml | 82 +++++++++++++++++++
>>> MAINTAINERS | 6 ++
>>> 2 files changed, 88 insertions(+)
>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/realtek,rtl9300-i2c.yaml
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/realtek,rtl9300-i2c.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/realtek,rtl9300-i2c.yaml
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..e8c37239b299
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/realtek,rtl9300-i2c.yaml
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>>> +%YAML 1.2
>>> +---
>>> +$id: http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=20988&d=2_3w5qdKawcvw7Bv6K3mA_v4JF1rlxddN3AhCekStg&u=http%3a%2f%2fdevicetree%2eorg%2fschemas%2fi2c%2frealtek%2crtl9300-i2c%2eyaml%23
>>> +$schema: http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=20988&d=2_3w5qdKawcvw7Bv6K3mA_v4JF1rlxddNyJxDbgXsw&u=http%3a%2f%2fdevicetree%2eorg%2fmeta-schemas%2fcore%2eyaml%23
>>> +
>>> +title: Realtek RTL I2C Controller
>>> +
>>> +maintainers:
>>> + - Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
>>> +
>>> +description:
>>> + The RTL9300 SoC has two I2C controllers. Each of these has an SCL line (which
>>> + if not-used for SCL can be a GPIO). There are 8 common SDA lines that can be
>>> + assigned to either I2C controller.
>>> +
>>> +properties:
>>> + compatible:
>>> + const: realtek,rtl9300-i2c
>>> +
>>> + reg:
>>> + description: Register offset and size this I2C controller.
>>> +
>>> +patternProperties:
>>> + '^i2c@[0-7]$':
>>> + $ref: /schemas/i2c/i2c-controller.yaml
>>> + unevaluatedProperties: false
>>> +
>>> + properties:
>>> + reg:
>>> + description: The SDA pin associated with the I2C bus.
>>> + maxItems: 1
>>> +
>>> + required:
>>> + - reg
>>> +
>>> +unevaluatedProperties: false
>> This goes after "required:" block.
> Ack.
>>> +
>>> +required:
>>> + - compatible
>>> + - reg
>>> +
>>> +examples:
>>> + - |
>>> + switch@...00000 {
>>> + compatible = "realtek,rtl9302c-switch", "syscon", "simple-mfd";
>> Drop... or put entire example in the parent device node.
>
> OK I'll drop it.
>
>>
>>> + reg = <0x1b000000 0x10000>;
>>> + #address-cells = <1>;
>>> + #size-cells = <1>;
>>> +
>>> + i2c@36c {
>>> + compatible = "realtek,rtl9300-i2c";
>> Parent is 9302c, but this is 9300?
>
> The RTL9302C is one of a series of switch chips with integrated CPUs.
> There is also the RTL9301, RTL9302B and RTL9303 (there my be others but
> those are the 4 I know about). The differences are all around the switch
> port/SERDES. The documentation uses "RTL9300" when referring to things
> common across the family. There's even an app note titled
> "RTL9300_I2C_Application_Note_V1.1(83)". So I'd really like to use
> "rtl9300" when talking about the SoC peripherals but use the specific
> chip compatible when talking about the Ethernet switch or the overall
> chip. I'm also tempted to add the other variants to my other in-flight
> patch series.
Using family variant alone is in general not accepted. You need SoC
specific compatible in the front.
>
> "realtek,rtl9300-i2c" also happens to be what openwrt is using, but I'm
> not sure that that helps my argument as the binding is now quite different.
Does not matter. They could be using
"realtek,we-like-to-use-whatever-we-invented-soc", but that does not
mean we should accept it.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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