Experience with Maxim 310X Driver for I2C<->UART Communications

[Jeff Andich]

Hi,

We're adding UART ports to a custom am5728-based board with a Maxim 3107 I2C<-> UART chip.

Does anyone have experience with the Maxim 3107 chip and the associated driver (max310x) for UART over I2C on the BeagleBone, BeagleBoard, etc?  If so, what issues have you encountered?

Thus far, I've only found the following.  I haven't yet found anyone posting issues on the driver and/or the chip.

 

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6286767ad3afc886ec6473409aa02191cb54f97b

Patch for adding I2C<->UART functionality to the Linux driver:

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/666958/

Thanks in advance!

Jeff

[Jeff Andich]

Linux Procedural Question..

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I haven't yet been able to find any forums talking about experience with the I2C patch for the max 310x.c driver.

The link below to the patch thread contains the email addresses of the patch authors.

 

??Is it acceptable to contact the patch authors directly by email for questions relating to:

 

·        -Soak time of the driver.

·        -Known reliability issues.

·        -Known gotchas

 

Thanks!!!