Hi Wolfram,
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2) Slave mode is needed for board bringup
>
> Some other components need a specific I2C slave to be present before
> userspace is available, otherwise the system is unusable. This is IMO
> then a hardware description and justifies DT entries:
OK, I didn't think this case, which is similar to an external device requiring
a GPIO to be at a specific level.
> DT pseudocode:
>
> i2c {
> compatible = "nvidia, tegra-i2c";
>
> ec-slave@42 {
> compatible = "nvidia, ax100-ec-slave";
> reg = <0x42>;
> };
> };
So distinguishing between drivers providing slave services (using slave
mode) and drivers driving actual slave hardware (using master mode) is
done based on the compatible-property.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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