Hi Biju, On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 1:37 PM Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Renesas PMIC RAA215300 exposes two separate i2c devices, one for the main > device and another for rtc device. > > Enhance i2c_new_ancillary_device() to instantiate a real device. > (eg: Instantiate rtc device from PMIC driver) > > Added helper function __i2c_new_dummy_device to share the code > between i2c_new_dummy_device and i2c_new_ancillary_device(). > > Also added helper function __i2c_new_client_device() to pass parent dev > parameter, so that the ancillary device can assign its parent during > creation. > > Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v3->v4: > * Dropped Rb tag from Geert as there are new changes. > * Introduced __i2c_new_dummy_device() to share the code between > i2c_new_dummy_device and i2c_new_ancillary_device(). > * Introduced __i2c_new_client_device() to pass parent dev > parameter, so that the ancillary device can assign its parent during > creation. Thanks for the update! LGTM, a few minor comments below. > --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c > +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c > @@ -893,24 +893,10 @@ int i2c_dev_irq_from_resources(const struct resource *resources, > return 0; > } > > -/** > - * i2c_new_client_device - instantiate an i2c device > - * @adap: the adapter managing the device > - * @info: describes one I2C device; bus_num is ignored > - * Context: can sleep > - * > - * Create an i2c device. Binding is handled through driver model > - * probe()/remove() methods. A driver may be bound to this device when we > - * return from this function, or any later moment (e.g. maybe hotplugging will > - * load the driver module). This call is not appropriate for use by mainboard > - * initialization logic, which usually runs during an arch_initcall() long > - * before any i2c_adapter could exist. > - * > - * This returns the new i2c client, which may be saved for later use with > - * i2c_unregister_device(); or an ERR_PTR to describe the error. > - */ > -struct i2c_client * > -i2c_new_client_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *info) > +static struct i2c_client * > +__i2c_new_client_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, > + struct i2c_board_info const *info, > + struct device *dev) struct device *parent? > { > struct i2c_client *client; > int status; > @@ -1054,6 +1062,25 @@ static struct i2c_driver dummy_driver = { > .id_table = dummy_id, > }; > > +static struct i2c_client *__i2c_new_dummy_device(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, > + u16 address, const char *name, > + struct device *dev) > +{ > + struct i2c_board_info info = { > + I2C_BOARD_INFO("dummy", address), > + }; > + > + if (name) { > + ssize_t ret = strscpy(info.type, name, sizeof(info.type)); > + > + if (ret < 0) > + return ERR_PTR(dev_err_probe(&adapter->dev, ret, > + "Invalid device name\n")); %s too long? > + } > + > + return __i2c_new_client_device(adapter, &info, dev); > +} > + > /** > * i2c_new_dummy_device - return a new i2c device bound to a dummy driver > * @adapter: the adapter managing the device > @@ -1122,15 +1145,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_i2c_new_dummy_device); > * @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 > + * @aux_device_name: Ancillary device name > * Context: can sleep > * > * I2C clients can be composed of multiple I2C slaves bound together in a single > * component. The I2C client driver then binds to the master I2C slave and needs > - * to create I2C dummy clients to communicate with all the other slaves. > + * to create I2C ancillary clients to communicate with all the other slaves. > * > - * This function creates and returns an I2C dummy client whose I2C address is > - * retrieved from the platform firmware based on the given slave name. If no > - * address is specified by the firmware default_addr is used. > + * This function creates and returns an I2C ancillary client whose I2C address > + * is retrieved from the platform firmware based on the given slave name. If no > + * address is specified by the firmware default_addr is used. If no aux_device_ > + * name is specified by the firmware, it will create an I2C dummy client. Please add something like: The ancillary's device parent will be set to the primary device. > * > * On DT-based platforms the address is retrieved from the "reg" property entry > * cell whose "reg-names" value matches the slave name. > @@ -1153,7 +1179,9 @@ struct i2c_client *i2c_new_ancillary_device(struct i2c_client *client, > } > > dev_dbg(&client->adapter->dev, "Address for %s : 0x%x\n", name, addr); > - return i2c_new_dummy_device(client->adapter, addr); > + return __i2c_new_dummy_device(client->adapter, addr, > + aux_device_name ? aux_device_name : NULL, You can just pass aux_device_name. > + &client->dev); > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_new_ancillary_device); Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds