Re: [RFC v2 2/4] dt-bindings: i2c: mux: demux-pinctrl: add bindings

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Jan 06 2016 - 09:30:44 EST


Hi Wolfram,

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> These bindings allow an I2C bus to switch between multiple masters. This
> is not hot-swichting because connected I2C slaves will be
> re-instantiated. It is meant to select the best I2C core at runtime once
> the task is known. Example: Prefer i2c-gpio over another I2C core
> because of HW errata affetcing your use case.

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-demux-pinctrl.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@

> +Here is a snipplet for a bus to be demuxed. It contains various i2c clients for

snippet

> +HDMI, so the bus is named "i2c-hdmi":
> +
> + i2chdmi: i2c@8 {

Would it make sense to call the node "i2c-bus@8"?
> +
> + compatible = "i2c-demux-pinctrl";
> + i2c-parent = <&gpioi2c>, <&iic2>, <&i2c2>;

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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