Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] chardev/char-i2c: Implement Linux I2C character device

[Ernest Esene]

On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 03:24:06PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 5/3/19 2:31 PM, Ernest Esene wrote:
> > Add support for Linux I2C character device for I2C device passthrough
> > For example:
> > -chardev linux-i2c,address=0x46,path=/dev/i2c-N,id=i2c-chardev
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ernest Esene <address@hidden>
> > ---
> 
> Just an interface review:
> 
> > +++ b/qapi/char.json
> > @@ -240,6 +240,21 @@
> >    'data': { 'device': 'str' },
> >    'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
> >  
> Missing a 'Since: 4.1' line.
4.1? Oh! I couldn't guess this number, I had to deliberately omit it.
> 
> > +{ 'struct': 'ChardevI2c',
> > +  'data': { 'device': 'str',
> > +            'address': 'int16'},
> > +  'base': 'ChardevCommon'}
> 
> 'if': 'defined(CONFIG_LINUX)'
> 
> as part of the usage of this struct, so that introspection will only see
> the struct where it can be used.
> 
> > +
> >  ##
> >  # @ChardevSocket:
> >  #
> > @@ -398,6 +413,7 @@
> >    'data': { 'file': 'ChardevFile',
> >              'serial': 'ChardevHostdev',
> >              'parallel': 'ChardevHostdev',
> > +            'i2c': 'ChardevI2c',
> >              'pipe': 'ChardevHostdev',
> >              'socket': 'ChardevSocket',
> >              'udp': 'ChardevUdp',
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
> Red Hat, Inc.           +1-919-301-3226
> Virtualization:  qemu.org | libvirt.org
> 
Thanks so much for the useful review. I have applied the changes and
will soon send v2 of the patch.

I hope it is OK to update the "MAINTAINERS" file this

Character Devices (Linux I2C)
M: Ernest Esene <address@hidden>
S: Maintained
F: chardev/char-i2c.c


-Ernest Esene

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