Arnd Bergmann
2021-Mar-18 14:52 UTC
[PATCH v8] i2c: virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 3:42 PM Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <lkml at metux.net> wrote:> > On 16.03.21 08:44, Viresh Kumar wrote: > > > FWIW, this limits this driver to support a single device ever. We > > can't bind multiple devices to this driver now. Yeah, perhaps we will > > never be required to do so, but who knows. > > Actually, I believe multiple devices really should be possible. > > The major benefit of virtio-i2c is either bridging certan real bus'es > into a confined workload, or creating virtual hw testbeds w/o having to > write a complete emulation (in this case, for dozens of different i2c > controllers) - and having multiple i2c interfaces in one machine isn't > exactly rare.Allowing multiple virtio-i2c controllers in one system, and multiple i2c devices attached to each controller is clearly something that has to work. I don't actually see a limitation though. Viresh, what is the problem you see for having multiple controllers? Arnd