Re: [PATCH] i2c: Add generic support passing secondary devices addresses

From: Mika Westerberg
Date: Mon Sep 22 2014 - 06:46:07 EST


On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 04:02:19PM +0200, Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
> Some I2C devices have multiple addresses assigned, for example each address
> corresponding to a different internal register map page of the device.
> So far drivers which need support for this have handled this with a driver
> specific and non-generic implementation, e.g. passing the additional address
> via platform data.
>
> This patch provides a new helper function called i2c_new_secondary_device()
> which is intended to provide a generic way to get the secondary address
> as well as instantiate a struct i2c_client for the secondary address.
>
> The function expects a pointer to the primary i2c_client, a name
> for the secondary address and an optional default address. The name is used
> as a handle to specify which secondary address to get.
>
> The default address is used as a fallback in case no secondary address
> was explicitly specified. In case no secondary address and no default
> address were specified the function returns NULL.
>
> For now the function only supports look-up of the secondary address
> from devicetree, but it can be extended in the future
> to for example support board files and/or ACPI.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jean-Michel Hautbois <jean-michel.hautbois@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Sorry, just noticed this one.

Srinivas (CC'd) and I did similar patch series here:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/338342/

We should probably collaborate on this one to get both DT and ACPI
supported.

> ---
> drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/i2c.h | 8 ++++++++
> 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> index 632057a..ef31d6f 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
> @@ -798,6 +798,46 @@ struct i2c_client *i2c_new_dummy(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u16 address)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_new_dummy);
>
> +/**
> + * i2c_new_secondary_device - Helper to get the instantiated secondary address
> + * @client: Handle to the primary client
> + * @name: Handle to specify which secondary address to get
> + * @default_addr: Used as a fallback if no secondary address was specified
> + * Context: can sleep
> + *
> + * This returns an I2C client bound to the "dummy" driver based on DT parsing.
> + *
> + * This returns the new i2c client, which should be saved for later use with
> + * i2c_unregister_device(); or NULL to indicate an error.
> + */
> +struct i2c_client *i2c_new_secondary_device(struct i2c_client *client,
> + const char *name,
> + u16 default_addr)
> +{
> + int i;
> + u32 addr;
> + struct device_node *np;
> +
> + np = client->dev.of_node;
> +
> + if (np) {
> + i = of_property_match_string(np, "reg-names", name);
> + if (i >= 0)
> + of_property_read_u32_index(np, "reg", i, &addr);
> + else if (default_addr != 0)
> + addr = default_addr;
> + else
> + addr = NULL;
> + } else {
> + addr = default_addr;
> + }
> +
> + dev_dbg(&client->adapter->dev, "Address for %s : 0x%x\n", name, addr);
> + return i2c_new_dummy(client->adapter, addr);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_new_secondary_device);
> +
> +
> /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
>
> /* I2C bus adapters -- one roots each I2C or SMBUS segment */
> diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
> index a95efeb..0f190e6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/i2c.h
> +++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
> @@ -322,6 +322,14 @@ extern int i2c_probe_func_quick_read(struct i2c_adapter *, unsigned short addr);
> extern struct i2c_client *
> i2c_new_dummy(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 address);
>
> +/* Helper function providing a generic way to get the secondary address
> + * as well as a client handle to this extra address.
> + */
> +extern struct i2c_client *
> +i2c_new_secondary_device(struct i2c_client *client,
> + const char *name,
> + u32 default_addr);
> +
> extern void i2c_unregister_device(struct i2c_client *);
> #endif /* I2C */
>
> --
> 2.0.4
>
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