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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] mfd: upboard: Add UP2 platform controller driver
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij () linaro ! org>
Date: 2018-04-30 19:17:36
Message-ID: CACRpkdZWtxUh91RCjK=Sp7DxL4dCBN5Wein6MdTV=AT2Qg2rrA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 6:59 PM, Javier Arteaga <javier@emutex.com> wrote:
> I don't think that is straightforward as this isn't really I2C, only
> annoyingly close enough. Besides the lack of ACK, location of R/W bit
> and register width as already mentioned, there's also:
>
> - two separate lines for data reads and writes, and
> - sequence start signaling pulse on yet another line.
OK how typical.
(...)
> I agree - tweaking I2C code to allow for so many quirks feels wrong.
>
> @Linus: if we can't reuse i2c-gpio, would you consider this kind of
> generic approach a prerequisite for this patchset?
Nope. Go ahead with this, it was just some generic discussion.
We do not need to generalize until we find another one of these.
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
I like the code's use of GPIO descriptors.
Yours,
Linus Walleij
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