Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:13:01 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] i2c-s3c2410: Add bus arbitration implementation | From | Simon Glass <> |
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+Olof
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:35:35AM +0530, Naveen Krishna Chatradhi wrote: > >> The arbitrator is a general purpose function which uses two GPIOs to >> communicate with another device to claim/release a bus. We use it to >> arbitrate an i2c port between the AP and the EC. > > Should this not be layerd on top of the I2C controller rather than part > of the controller driver? It doesn't seem terribly controller specific.
It was originally done separately but I think it was felt that this was overly complex. Olof can you please comment on this?
Regards, Simon
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