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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-topology.rst b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-topology.rst index c9ed3b4d6085..326a1198551e 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-topology.rst +++ b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-topology.rst @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ I2C muxes and complex topologies There are a couple of reasons for building more complex I2C topologies than a straight-forward I2C bus with one adapter and one or more devices. +Some example use cases are: + 1. A mux may be needed on the bus to prevent address collisions. 2. The bus may be accessible from some external bus master, and arbitration @@ -14,9 +16,6 @@ than a straight-forward I2C bus with one adapter and one or more devices. from the I2C bus, at least most of the time, and sits behind a gate that has to be operated before the device can be accessed. -Etc -=== - These constructs are represented as I2C adapter trees by Linux, where each adapter has a parent adapter (except the root adapter) and zero or more child adapters. The root adapter is the actual adapter that issues |