[PATCH v17 1/3] dt-bindings: i2c: aspeed,i2c.yaml: add transfer-mode and global-regs properties and update example

Ryan Chen ryan_chen at aspeedtech.com
Thu Aug 14 18:41:54 AEST 2025


- Add property "aspeed,global-regs" to get phandle set global
register, for register mode selection and clock divider control.
- Add an optional property "aspeed,transfer-mode" to
allow device tree to specify the desired transfer method used
by each I2C controller instance.
- Update example to demonstrate usage of 'aspeed,global-regs' and
'aspeed,transfer-mode' for AST2600 I2C controller.

Signed-off-by: Ryan Chen <ryan_chen at aspeedtech.com>
---
 .../devicetree/bindings/i2c/aspeed,i2c.yaml   | 39 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/aspeed,i2c.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/aspeed,i2c.yaml
index 5b9bd2feda3b..2a9f7d1d2ea1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/aspeed,i2c.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/aspeed,i2c.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,34 @@ properties:
     description: frequency of the bus clock in Hz defaults to 100 kHz when not
       specified
 
+  aspeed,transfer-mode:
+    description: |
+      ASPEED ast2600 platform equipped with 16 I2C controllers each i2c controller
+      have 1 byte transfer buffer(byte mode), 32 bytes buffer(buffer mode), and
+      share a DMA engine.
+      Select I2C transfer mode for this controller. Supported values are:
+        - "byte": Use 1 byte for i2c transmit (1-byte buffer).
+        - "buffer": Use buffer (32-byte buffer) for i2c transmit. (default)
+                    Better performance then byte mode.
+        - "dma": Each controller DMA mode is shared DMA engine. The AST2600 SoC
+                 provides a single DMA engine shared for 16 I2C controllers,
+                 so only a limited number of controllers can use DMA simultaneously.
+                 Therefore, the DTS must explicitly assign which controllers are
+                 configured to use DMA.
+      Only one mode can be selected per controller.
+      On AST2600, each controller supports all three modes.
+      If not specified, buffer mode is used by default.
+    enum:
+      - byte
+      - buffer
+      - dma
+
+  aspeed,global-regs:
+    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
+    description: |
+      The phandle of i2c global register node, For control the i2c register
+      define selection, clock divider mode selection and clock divider control.
+
 required:
   - reg
   - compatible
@@ -66,3 +94,14 @@ examples:
       interrupts = <0>;
       interrupt-parent = <&i2c_ic>;
     };
+  - |
+    #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h>
+    i2c1: i2c at 80 {
+      compatible = "aspeed,ast2600-i2c-bus";
+      reg = <0x80 0x80>, <0xc00 0x20>;
+      aspeed,global-regs = <&i2c_global>;
+      clocks = <&syscon ASPEED_CLK_APB>;
+      resets = <&syscon ASPEED_RESET_I2C>;
+      interrupts = <GIC_SPI 110 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+      aspeed,transfer-mode = "buffer";
+    };
-- 
2.34.1



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