> Note APE is a co-processor that is not visible from the Linux running > from the host processor. > > "brcm,iproc-nic-i2c" here is introduced to allow the I2C port from APE > to be completely owned by the host CPU, to meet the requirement of > certain use cases. At the same time, the control of the I2C port from > APE will be disabled. > > The "brcm,ape-hsls-addr-mask" defines the address translation and be > programmed into some configuration registers to allow the host to > directly access the I2C registers of APE. Note those configuration > registers are owned by the host, and that address is not APE's address > space nor the host is intending to take over the control of APE. > > Therefore, I think it makes way more sense to use an address mask type > of DT property here. Thanks for the explanation! Well, since Rob is already OK with it, then so am I.
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