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LTC430X(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual LTC430X(4)
NAME
ltc430x - driver for LTC4305 and LTC4306 I2C mux chips
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your
kernel configuration file:
device ltc430x
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
following line in loader.conf(5):
ltc430x_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
The ltc430x driver supports the LTC4305 and LTC4306 I2C bus multiplexer
(mux) chips. It automatically connects an upstream I2C bus to one of
several downstream buses as needed when slave devices on the downstream
buses initiate I/O. More information on the automatic switching behavior
is available in iicmux(4).
FDT CONFIGURATION
On an fdt(4) based system, an ltc430x device node is defined as a child
node of its upstream i2c bus. The children of the ltc430x node are
additional i2c buses, which will have their own i2c slave devices
described in their child nodes.
The ltc430x driver conforms to the standard i2c/i2c-mux-ltc4306.txt
bindings document, except that the following optional properties are not
currently supported and will be ignored if present:
o enable-gpios
o gpio-controller
o #gpio-cells
o ltc,downstream-accelerators-enable
o ltc,upstream-accelerators-enable
In addition, the following additional property is supported:
freebsd,ctlreg2
A value to store into the chip's control register 2 during
initialization. Consult the chip datasheet for the meaning
of the various bits in the register.
HINTS CONFIGURATION
On a device.hints(5) based system, the following hints are required:
hint.ltc430x.<unit>.at
The upstream iicbus(4) the ltc430x instance is attached to.
hint.ltc430x.<unit>.addr
The slave address of the ltc430x instance on the upstream
bus.
hint.ltc430x.<unit>.chip_type
The type of chip the driver is controlling. Valid values
are "ltc4305" and "ltc4306".
register 2.
hint.ltc430x.<unit>.idle_disconnect
Whether to disconnect all downstream busses from the
upstream bus when idle. If set to zero, the most recently
used downstream bus is left connected to the upstream bus
after IO completes. Any non-zero value causes all
downstream busses to be disconnected when idle. This hint
is optional; when missing, the driver behaves as if it were
zero.
When configured via hints, the driver automatically adds an iicbus
instance for every downstream bus supported by the chip. There is
currently no way to indicate used versus unused downstream channels.
SEE ALSO
iicbus(4), iicmux(4)
HISTORY
The ltc430x driver first appeared in FreeBSD 13.0.
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 September 2, 2020 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11