[U-Boot] Moving i2c_board_init to after i2c_init operations

Heiko Schocher hs at denx.de
Mon Apr 12 08:11:49 CEST 2010


Hello Richard,

Richard Retanubun wrote:
> I am trying to do something similar to what you did in this commit:
> 
> http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot/u-boot-i2c.git;a=commit;h=39df00d9aecfb465b9eec9af593f9b763fb5209a
> 
> 
> and I have a question, must i2c_board_init for fsl_i2c.c be called before
> the actual controller initialization? (i.e. setting the bus speed and
> the controller's slave address)
> 
> if we call it at the end of i2c_init, we can take advantage of the
> setups done before, no?

Yes, you are right.

> Most of the other implementation does it in the beginning because they
> can change the
> i2c pins to GPIO and 'bit-bang' the reset pattern, and then change it
> back to i2c pins.

Yep.

> The alternative is of course to assume nothing in i2c_board_init, and
> configure everything
> (I kinda liked to use set_i2c_bus_speed, rather than hardcoding something).
> 
> Since the kmeter1 board is the only user of i2c_board_init in fsl_i2c.c,
> would you be
> opposed if I submit a patch that moves the call for i2c_board_init to
> the end of i2c_init?

No, this is OK, and looks cleaner to me. Thanks!

bye
Heiko
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