[PATCH v16 1/3] dt-bindings: i2c: aspeed: support for AST2600-i2cv2

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 17/03/2025 10:21, Ryan Chen wrote:
>> Neither this.
>>
>> So it seems you describe already existing and documented I2C, but for some
>> reason you want second compatible. The problem is that you do not provide
>> reason from the point of view of bindings.
>>
>> To summarize: what your users want - don't care. Start properly describing
>> hardware and your SoC.
> 
> OK, for ast2600 i2c controller have two register mode setting.
> One, I call it is old register setting, that is right now i2c-aspeed.c .compatible = "aspeed,ast2600-i2c-bus",
> And there have a global register that can set i2c controller as new mode register set. 
> That I am going to drive. That I post is all register in new an old register list.
> 
> For example, 
> Global register [2] = 0 => i2c present as old register set
> Global register [2] = 1 => i2c present as new register set
It's the same device though, so the same compatible.

Best regards,
Krzysztof