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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v2] virtio-i2c: add the device specification
On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 09:22:07AM +0800, Jie Deng wrote: > On 2020/10/24 0:00, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 02:51:25PM +0800, Jie Deng wrote: > > > + > > > +The driver queues requests to the virtqueues, and they are used by the > > > +device. The request is the representation of one segment of an I2C > > > +transaction. Each request is of form: > > > + > > > +\begin{lstlisting} > > > +struct virtio_i2c_req { > > > + le16 addr; > > > + le16 flags; > > > + le16 len; > > > + u8 buf[]; > > > + u8 status; > > > +}; > > > +\end{lstlisting} > > > + > > > +The \field{addr} is the address of the I2C slave device. > > > + > > > +The first bit of \field{flags} indicates whether it is a read or write request. > > > +It means a read request if the first bit of \field{flags} is set, otherwise > > > +it is a write request. The rest bits of \field{flags} are reserved. > > > > > > > So how does one creates a multi-segment transaction then? > > > The I2C doesn't support segments numbering and sorting. > So if one creates a multi-segment transaction, then he/she should keep the > segments in order. > > Thanks. Fine, but I see no flags to signal start/end of such a transaction. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: virtio-dev-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: virtio-dev-help@lists.oasis-open.org > >
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