[PATCH v2 0/2] i2c: Allow disabling auto detection via devicetree

Vincent Whitchurch
2022-04-12T10:03:48Z

v2:
- Change subject prefix of bindings patch
- Reword description of property in bindings patch

When a driver with a ->detect callback (such as lm75) is loaded, the i2c core
performs I2C transactions on the bus to all the addresses listed in that
driver's address_list. This kind of probing wastes time and as
Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst says, this method is not
recommended and it is instead advised to list all devices in the devicetree.

However, even if all the devices are listed in the devicetree, there is
currently no way to prevent the core from attempting auto detection short of
patching controller drivers to not pass the I2C_CLASS* bits in adap->class.
The latter is not always possible since generic drivers like i2c-gpio set these
bits.

To avoid this unnecessary probing and reduce boot time, this series adds a
property to the devicetree and support in the I2C core to allow this feature to
be disabled.

Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org

Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Cc: krzk+dt@kernel.org
Cc: robh+dt@kernel.org

Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

Vincent Whitchurch (2):
dt-bindings: i2c: add property to avoid device detection
i2c: core: support no-detect property

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt | 4 ++++
drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 8 +++++++-
include/linux/i2c.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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