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Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] hw/nvram: Update at24c EEPROM init function in NPCM7x


From: Peter Maydell
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] hw/nvram: Update at24c EEPROM init function in NPCM7xx boards
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 17:41:06 +0000

On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 at 19:40, Hao Wu <wuhaotsh@google.com> wrote:
>
> We made 3 changes to the at24c_eeprom_init function in
> npcm7xx_boards.c:
>
> 1. We allow the function to take a I2CBus* as parameter. This allows
>    us to attach an EEPROM device behind an I2C mux which is not
>    possible with the old method.
>
> 2. We make at24c EEPROMs are backed by drives so that we can
>    specify the content of the EEPROMs.
>
> 3. Instead of using i2c address as unit number, This patch assigns
>    unique unit numbers for each eeproms in each board. This avoids
>    conflict in providing multiple eeprom contents with the same address.
>    In the old method if we specify two drives with the same unit number,
>    the following error will occur: `Device with id 'none85' exists`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hao Wu <wuhaotsh@google.com>
> ---
>  hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c b/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c
> index a656169f61..cdb52b9922 100644
> --- a/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c
> +++ b/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c
> @@ -107,13 +107,18 @@ static I2CBus *npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(NPCM7xxState *soc, 
> uint32_t num)
>      return I2C_BUS(qdev_get_child_bus(DEVICE(&soc->smbus[num]), "i2c-bus"));
>  }
>
> -static void at24c_eeprom_init(NPCM7xxState *soc, int bus, uint8_t addr,
> -                              uint32_t rsize)
> +static void at24c_eeprom_init(I2CBus *i2c_bus, int bus, uint8_t addr,
> +                              uint32_t rsize, int unit_number)
>  {
> -    I2CBus *i2c_bus = npcm7xx_i2c_get_bus(soc, bus);
>      I2CSlave *i2c_dev = i2c_slave_new("at24c-eeprom", addr);
>      DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(i2c_dev);
> +    BlockInterfaceType type = IF_NONE;

Why make this a variable? We only use it in one place...

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