Re: [PATCH v16 1/3] dt-bindings: i2c: aspeed: support for AST2600-i2cv2

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 24/03/2025 11:01, Ryan Chen wrote:
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 1/3] dt-bindings: i2c: aspeed: support for
>> AST2600-i2cv2
>>
>> On 24/03/2025 09:30, Ryan Chen wrote:
>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 1/3] dt-bindings: i2c: aspeed: support for
>>>> AST2600-i2cv2
>>>>
>>>> On 19/03/2025 12:12, Ryan Chen wrote:
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 1/3] dt-bindings: i2c: aspeed: support for
>>>>>> AST2600-i2cv2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 17/03/2025 10:21, Ryan Chen wrote:
>>>>>>>> Neither this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So it seems you describe already existing and documented I2C, but
>>>>>>>> for some reason you want second compatible. The problem is that
>>>>>>>> you do not provide reason from the point of view of bindings.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To summarize: what your users want - don't care. Start properly
>>>>>>>> describing hardware and your SoC.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK, for ast2600 i2c controller have two register mode setting.
>>>>>>> One, I call it is old register setting, that is right now
>>>>>>> i2c-aspeed.c .compatible = "aspeed,ast2600-i2c-bus", And there
>>>>>>> have a global register
>>>>>> that can set i2c controller as new mode register set.
>>>>>>> That I am going to drive. That I post is all register in new an
>>>>>>> old register
>>>> list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For example,
>>>>>>> Global register [2] = 0 => i2c present as old register set Global
>>>>>>> register [2] = 1 => i2c present as new register set
>>>>>> It's the same device though, so the same compatible.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, it is different design, and it share the same register space.
>>>>> So that the reason add new compatible "aspeed,ast2600-i2cv2" for
>>>>> this
>>>> driver.
>>>>> It is different register layout.
>>>>
>>>> Which device is described by the existing "aspeed,ast2600-i2c-bus"
>>>> compatible? And which device is described by new compatible?
>>>>
>>> On the AST2600 SoC, there are up to 16 I2C controller instances (I2C1 ~
>> I2C16).
>>
>> So you have 16 same devices.
> Yes, one driver instance for 16 i2c device. 
>>
>>> Each of these controllers is hardwired at the SoC level to use either the
>> legacy register layout or the new v2 register layout.
>>> The mode is selected by a bit in the global register, these represent two
>> different hardware blocks:
>>> "aspeed,ast2600-i2c-bus" describes controllers using the legacy register
>> layout.
>>> "aspeed,ast2600-i2cv2" describes controllers using the new register
>>> layout
>>
>> Which part of "same device" is not clear? You have one device, one compatible.
>> Whatever you do with register layout, is already defined by that compatible. It
>> does not matter that you forgot to implement it in the Linux kernel.
> 
> Sorry, I still can't catch your point.


I repeated twice "You have one device, one compatible.", provided few
more sentences and if this is still unclear, I don't know what to say more.

> I separated the support into two drivers:

I don't care about your drivers, why are you bringing them here?

> i2c-aspeed.c for legacy layout, compatible "aspeed,ast2600-i2c-bus"
> i2c-ast2600.c for the new register set, compatible compatible "aspeed,ast2600-i2cv2"
> Do you mean I have integrate into 1 driver at i2c-aspeed.c ? can't be separate two driver?

What is this patch about? Bindings. Not drivers. Look at email month ago:

"All this describes driver, not hardware."

Why are you keep bringing here drivers since a month?

Best regards,
Krzysztof