Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] i2c: aspeed: added documentation for Aspeed I2C driver

Joel Stanley
2016-09-23T06:02:24Z

Hi Brendan,

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 3:35 AM, Brendan Higgins
<brendanhiggins@google.com> wrote:
> First off, someone pointed out to me that the mapping that I used between
> addresses and bus numbers is not actually valid for busses 8-14.
>
> This could be fixed by checking the offset, but I am wondering if that is
> the right way to do it. It seems like this is not completely trivial so
> maybe this should be specified in the device tree? If that is the case,
> should I do this as another reg entry or go back to the way I was doing it
> before?

I don't see an alternative way to derive these numbers. As you
mention, the block of SRAM in the middle of the IP screwing up the
linear mapping.

I suggest going back to what you have in v2, with a mention in the
commit message as to why the bus property is necessary.

Cheers,

Joel