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From: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
To: Robert Nelson <robertcnelson@gmail.com>
Cc: Matt Ranostay <mranostay@gmail.com>,
	robh+dt@kernel.org, mark.rutland@arm.com,
	Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" <linux-omap@vger.kernel.org>,
	devicetree <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	pantelis.antoniou@gmail.com, matt.porter@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: am335x-bone-common: Add i2c2 definition
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 13:42:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140512204213.GD5668@atomide.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOCHtYg6XpF0Gbo4iFqsFvP=QSivQQvCzov8UfxeLXMzrRYEWw@mail.gmail.com>

* Robert Nelson <robertcnelson@gmail.com> [140512 13:27]:
> >> >
> >> > If these pins are not used for i2c2 on some capes, this device
> >> > should be set to status = "disabled" state by default. Then
> >> > u-boot could re-enable it on the boards that have i2c2 in use.
> >>
> >> To-date, this is the i2c bus that all capes have placed an at24 eeprom
> >> for cape identification.
> >
> > And how many capes actually implement the eeprom cape identification
> > out of the available capes? :)
> 
> Not including one off designs in someone's lab. We will never have an
> accurate number. ;)
> 
> So far; just the ones that want their "cape" detected in the default
> image currently being shipped by CircuitCo. Otherwise the few that
> I've seen without an eeprom, usually follow this default pinmux.
> 
> http://elinux.org/CircuitCo:Basic_Proto_Cape
> 
> Which includes that i2c bus enabled.

OK thanks for the info.
 
> Either case if fine with me.  As who knows when the dtc "overlay" will
> every truly make it mainline, as the capemgr was the only real kernel
> user of the i2c/at24 eeprom information.

Sounds like we should keep it disabled though so u-boot can be used
to toggle it while waiting for the capemgr. That's because the board
has a header for pins, so it's not exactly limited to just the capes.

Anybody working on enabling/disabling cape dtb configurations in u-boot?

Regards,

Tony

  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-12 20:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-10  1:43 [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: am335x-bone-common: Add i2c2 definition Matt Ranostay
2014-05-12 19:50 ` Tony Lindgren
2014-05-12 19:59   ` Robert Nelson
2014-05-12 20:15     ` Tony Lindgren
2014-05-12 20:27       ` Robert Nelson
2014-05-12 20:42         ` Tony Lindgren [this message]
2014-05-12 20:57           ` Robert Nelson
2014-05-12 21:07             ` Tony Lindgren
2014-05-13 12:53             ` Tom Rini
2014-05-13 14:06               ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2014-05-13 14:13                 ` Tom Rini
2014-05-13 14:22                 ` Matt Porter
2014-05-13 14:39                   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2014-05-13 17:07                     ` Pantelis Antoniou
2014-05-13 17:51                       ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2014-05-13 20:24                         ` John Syn
2014-05-14  3:39                           ` Pantelis Antoniou
2014-05-14  5:44                             ` John Syn
2014-05-14  7:12                               ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2014-05-14  3:24                         ` Pantelis Antoniou

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