From: Ben Dooks <ben-i2c-elnMNo+KYs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
To: Marc Dietrich
<Marc.Dietrich-wkdnK3oF/XPYtB+G+YtuwQgYPMzSbZxj@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: implementing a slave driver
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:02:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110223010216.GX15795@trinity.fluff.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201102192253.40287.marc.dietrich-wkdnK3oF/XPYtB+G+YtuwQgYPMzSbZxj@public.gmane.org>
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:53:12PM +0100, Marc Dietrich wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the HW I'm using (tegra) can be configured to act as a slave. This function is
> needed to communicate with an embedded controller (which is the master). I
> like to know if this slave function can/should be implemented in the
> i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c driver or better outside, e.g. in the driver for the
> embedded controller.
>
> I haven't found any other hw so far which has this function and it seems that
> the i2c layer does not provide any interface for the communication with a
> master.
There's a couple of adapters that do this in the ARM world, all the
samsung ones and the most of the pxas (if not all)
It might be worth doing a simple slave driver, but I'm not sure how
many would really want to use it?
--
Ben Dooks, ben-elnMNo+KYs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, http://www.fluff.org/ben/
Large Hadron Colada: A large Pina Colada that makes the universe disappear.
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2011-02-19 21:53 implementing a slave driver Marc Dietrich
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2011-02-23 1:02 ` Ben Dooks [this message]
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2011-02-23 10:07 ` Wolfram Sang
2011-02-23 10:30 ` Fillod Stephane
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2011-02-24 16:09 ` Marc Dietrich
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