Re: [PATCH v11 5/8] i2c: fsi: Add transfer implementation

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Tue Jul 10 2018 - 19:40:03 EST


On Tue, 2018-07-10 at 12:52 -0500, Eddie James wrote:
>
> On 07/09/2018 05:41 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > + cmd |= FIELD_PREP(I2C_CMD_ADDR, msg->addr >> 1);
> >
> > I just noticed this and wonder: Don't you need the LSB of the address?
> > It is not the RW flag, this is encoded in msg->flags.
>
> So, the hardware interprets the LSB as the RW flag. It wouldn't be
> possible to have a device addressed with the LSB set on this I2C master.

What do you mean ? That doesn't sound right...
>
> >
> > Also, no seperate handling for 10 bit addresses? Technically, 7-bit 0x50
> > is different on the wire from 10-bit 0x050. This is minor, though. There
> > are no 10-bit devices out there. Still, did you test 10-bit support?
>
> Indeed, real 10-bit addresses require some additional manipulation of
> this I2C master in order to work. We don't support it right now.
>
> Thanks,
> Eddie
>
> >
> > Rest looks good.
> >