Viresh Kumar
2021-Jul-22 05:14 UTC
[PATCH v14] i2c: virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver
On 09-07-21, 10:25, Jie Deng wrote:> Add an I2C bus driver for virtio para-virtualization. > > The controller can be emulated by the backend driver in > any device model software by following the virtio protocol. > > The device specification can be found on > https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202101/msg00008.html. > > By following the specification, people may implement different > backend drivers to emulate different controllers according to > their needs. > > Co-developed-by: Conghui Chen <conghui.chen at intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Conghui Chen <conghui.chen at intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Jie Deng <jie.deng at intel.com> > --- > Changes v13 -> v14 > - Put the headers in virtio_i2c.h in alphabetical order. > - Dropped I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK support. > - Dropped few unnecessary variables and checks. > - Use "num" everywhere instead of num or nr, to be consistent. > - Added few comments which make the design more clear.Wolfram, Is it still possible to queue this for 5.14 ? -- viresh
On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 10:44:33AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:> On 09-07-21, 10:25, Jie Deng wrote: > > Add an I2C bus driver for virtio para-virtualization. > > > > The controller can be emulated by the backend driver in > > any device model software by following the virtio protocol. > > > > The device specification can be found on > > https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202101/msg00008.html. > > > > By following the specification, people may implement different > > backend drivers to emulate different controllers according to > > their needs. > > > > Co-developed-by: Conghui Chen <conghui.chen at intel.com> > > Signed-off-by: Conghui Chen <conghui.chen at intel.com> > > Signed-off-by: Jie Deng <jie.deng at intel.com> > > --- > > Changes v13 -> v14 > > - Put the headers in virtio_i2c.h in alphabetical order. > > - Dropped I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK support. > > - Dropped few unnecessary variables and checks. > > - Use "num" everywhere instead of num or nr, to be consistent. > > - Added few comments which make the design more clear. > > Wolfram, > > Is it still possible to queue this for 5.14 ?No new features are allowed for 5.14, you know this. It's but fixes only now. thanks, greg k-h