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[1/3] i2c: document binding for multi-master case

Message ID 1450889794-9509-2-git-send-email-wsa@the-dreams.de (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Geert Uytterhoeven
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Wolfram Sang Dec. 23, 2015, 4:56 p.m. UTC 
From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>

We need this binding because some I2C master drivers will need to adapt
their PM settings for the arbitration circuitry.

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
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 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt
index a00219f5ee0733..c8d977ed847f3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@  wants to support one of the below features, it should adapt the bindings below.
 	"irq" and "wakeup" names are recognized by I2C core, other names are
 	left to individual drivers.
 
+- multi-master
+	states that there is another master active on this bus. The OS can use
+	this information to adapt power management to keep the arbitration awake
+	all the time, for example.
+
 - wakeup-source
 	device can be used as a wakeup source.