[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: i2c: add GPIO buses sharing one SCL line
From: Ross Cawston
Date: Sun Oct 18 2026 - 15:51:07 EST
Add a binding for several bit-banged I2C buses that share one SCL GPIO
and have one SDA GPIO each, as on some Realtek RTL930x switches. Each
child node is a bus with its own SDA line; the parent holds the shared
SCL line and the i2c-gpio style timing properties.
Signed-off-by: Ross Cawston <ross@xxxxxxx>
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.../bindings/i2c/i2c-gpio-shared-scl.yaml | 94 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 94 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-gpio-shared-scl.yaml
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-gpio-shared-scl.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-gpio-shared-scl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e725120973a
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@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/i2c/i2c-gpio-shared-scl.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Bit-banged I2C buses sharing one SCL line
+
+maintainers:
+ - Ross Cawston <ross@xxxxxxx>
+
+description: |
+ Several I2C buses bit-banged on GPIOs, with one SCL line common to all of
+ them and one SDA line per bus. Each child node is a separate I2C bus.
+ Transfers are serialized, so only one bus clocks SCL at a time.
+
+properties:
+ compatible:
+ const: i2c-gpio-shared-scl
+
+ scl-gpios:
+ description: The shared SCL line, usually open drain.
+ maxItems: 1
+
+ i2c-gpio,delay-us:
+ description: Half the clock period in microseconds, as for i2c-gpio.
+ default: 5
+
+ i2c-gpio,timeout-ms:
+ description: Clock stretching timeout in milliseconds, as for i2c-gpio.
+ default: 100
+
+ "#address-cells":
+ const: 1
+
+ "#size-cells":
+ const: 0
+
+patternProperties:
+ "^i2c@[0-9a-f]+$":
+ $ref: /schemas/i2c/i2c-controller.yaml#
+ unevaluatedProperties: false
+
+ properties:
+ reg:
+ description: Index of the bus, for naming only.
+ maxItems: 1
+
+ sda-gpios:
+ description: The SDA line of this bus, usually open drain.
+ maxItems: 1
+
+ required:
+ - reg
+ - sda-gpios
+
+required:
+ - compatible
+ - scl-gpios
+ - "#address-cells"
+ - "#size-cells"
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+examples:
+ - |
+ #include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
+
+ i2c-gpio-shared {
+ compatible = "i2c-gpio-shared-scl";
+ scl-gpios = <&gpio0 8 (GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH | GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN)>;
+ i2c-gpio,delay-us = <5>;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ i2c@0 {
+ reg = <0>;
+ sda-gpios = <&gpio0 9 (GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH | GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN)>;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ fan-controller@2e {
+ compatible = "adi,adt7476";
+ reg = <0x2e>;
+ };
+ };
+
+ i2c@1 {
+ reg = <1>;
+ sda-gpios = <&gpio0 10 (GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH | GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN)>;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+ };
+ };
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