[PATCH 02/89] dt-bindings: i2c: brcmstb: Add BCM2711 BSC/AUTO-I2C binding

Florian Fainelli f.fainelli at gmail.com
Mon Feb 24 17:48:17 UTC 2020


On 2/24/20 1:06 AM, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> The HDMI blocks in the BCM2771 have an i2c controller to retrieve the
> EDID. This block is split into two parts, the BSC and the AUTO_I2C,
> lying in two separate register areas.
> 
> The AUTO_I2C block has a mailbox-like interface and will take away the
> BSC control from the CPU if enabled. However, the BSC is the actually
> the same controller than the one supported by the brcmstb driver, and
> the AUTO_I2C doesn't really bring any immediate benefit.
> 
> We can model it in the DT as a single device with two register range,
> which will allow us to use or or the other in the driver without
> changing anything in the DT.
> 
> Cc: Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev at gmail.com>
> Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli at gmail.com>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt at kernel.org>
> Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa at the-dreams.de>
> Cc: bcm-kernel-feedback-list at broadcom.com
> Cc: linux-i2c at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: devicetree at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime at cerno.tech>

Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli at gmail.com>
-- 
Florian


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