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+GPIO-based I2C Arbitration Using a Challenge & Response Mechanism
+=================================================================
+This uses GPIO lines and a challenge & response mechanism to arbitrate who is
+the master of an I2C bus in a multimaster situation.
+
+In many cases using GPIOs to arbitrate is not needed and a design can use
+the standard I2C multi-master rules.  Using GPIOs is generally useful in
+the case where there is a device on the bus that has errata and/or bugs
+that makes standard multimaster mode not feasible.
+
+Note that this scheme works well enough but has some downsides:
+* It is nonstandard (not using standard I2C multimaster)
+* Having two masters on a bus in general makes it relatively hard to debug
+  problems (hard to tell if i2c issues were caused by one master, another, or
+  some device on the bus).
+
+
+Algorithm:
+
+All masters on the bus have a 'bus claim' line which is an output that the
+others can see. These are all active low with pull-ups enabled.  We'll
+describe these lines as:
+
+- OUR_CLAIM: output from us signaling to other hosts that we want the bus
+- THEIR_CLAIMS: output from others signaling that they want the bus
+
+The basic algorithm is to assert your line when you want the bus, then make
+sure that the other side doesn't want it also.  A detailed explanation is best
+done with an example.
+
+Let's say we want to claim the bus.  We:
+1. Assert OUR_CLAIM.
+2. Waits a little bit for the other sides to notice (slew time, say 10
+   microseconds).
+3. Check THEIR_CLAIMS.  If none are asserted then the we have the bus and we are
+   done.
+4. Otherwise, wait for a few milliseconds and see if THEIR_CLAIMS are released.
+5. If not, back off, release the claim and wait for a few more milliseconds.
+6. Go back to 1 (until retry time has expired).
+
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: i2c-arb-gpio-challenge
+- our-claim-gpio: The GPIO that we use to claim the bus.
+- their-claim-gpios: The GPIOs that the other sides use to claim the bus.
+  Note that some implementations may only support a single other master.
+- I2C arbitration bus node. See i2c-arb.txt in this directory.
+
+Optional properties:
+- slew-delay-us: microseconds to wait for a GPIO to go high. Default is 10 us.
+- wait-retry-us: we'll attempt another claim after this many microseconds.
+    Default is 3000 us.
+- wait-free-us: we'll give up after this many microseconds. Default is 50000 us.
+
+
+Example:
+	i2c@12ca0000 {
+		compatible = "acme,some-i2c-device";
+		#address-cells = <1>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+	};
+
+	i2c-arbitrator {
+		compatible = "i2c-arb-gpio-challenge";
+
+		i2c-parent = <&{/i2c@12CA0000}>;
+
+		our-claim-gpio = <&gpf0 3 1>;
+		their-claim-gpios = <&gpe0 4 1>;
+		slew-delay-us = <10>;
+		wait-retry-us = <3000>;
+		wait-free-us = <50000>;
+
+		i2c-arb {
+			#address-cells = <1>;
+			#size-cells = <0>;
+
+			i2c@52 {
+				// Normal I2C device
+			};
+		};
+	};