Re: [RFC PATCH 6/7] i2c: of: mark a whole array of regs as reserved

Luca Ceresoli
2020-02-28T12:11:58Z

Hi,

On 20/02/20 18:24, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Back then, 'reg' properties in I2C DT bindings only contained one
> address and this address was assigned a device and, thus, blocked.
> Meanwhile, chips using multiple addresses are common and the 'reg'
> property can be an array described by 'reg-names'. This code enhances
> I2C DT parsing, so it will reserve all addresses described in an array.
> They will be bound to the 'dummy' driver as 'reserved' iff the first
> address can be assigned successfully. If that is not the case, the array
> is not further considered. If one later address of the array can not be
> assigned, it will be reported but we don't bail out. The driver has to
> decide if that address is critical or not.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>

Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>

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Luca