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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Altera Corporation <www.altera.com>
+ */
+
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <i3c.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <log.h>
+#include <dm/device-internal.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+
+int dm_i3c_read(struct udevice *dev, u32 dev_number,
+ u8 *buf, u32 num_bytes)
+{
+ struct dm_i3c_ops *ops = i3c_get_ops(dev);
+
+ if (!ops->read)
+ return -ENOSYS;
+
+ return ops->read(dev, dev_number, buf, num_bytes);
+}
+
+int dm_i3c_write(struct udevice *dev, u32 dev_number,
+ u8 *buf, u32 num_bytes)
+{
+ struct dm_i3c_ops *ops = i3c_get_ops(dev);
+
+ if (!ops->write)
+ return -ENOSYS;
+
+ return ops->write(dev, dev_number, buf, num_bytes);
+}
+
+UCLASS_DRIVER(i3c) = {
+ .id = UCLASS_I3C,
+ .name = "i3c",
+};
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Altera Corporation <www.altera.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/i3c/master.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct dm_i3c_ops - Driver operations for the I3C uclass
+ *
+ * This structure defines the set of operations that a driver must implement
+ * for interacting with an I3C controller in U-Boot.
+ *
+ */
+struct dm_i3c_ops {
+/**
+ * @i3c_xfers: Transfer messages in I3C
+ *
+ * @dev: I3C controller device instance.
+ * @xfers: List of I3C private SDR transfer messages.
+ * @nxfers: The number of messages to transfer.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
+ */
+ int (*i3c_xfers)(struct i3c_dev_desc *dev,
+ struct i3c_priv_xfer *xfers,
+ u32 nxfers);
+};
+
+/**
+ * i3c_get_ops - Retrieve the I3C operation functions for a device
+ * @dev: The I3C controller device.
+ *
+ * This macro returns the set of operation functions (`dm_i3c_ops`) implemented
+ * by the driver associated with the specified device. These operations define
+ * how the driver performs I3C communication tasks such as reading, writing,
+ * and message transfers.
+ *
+ * Return: The I3C operation structure for the device.
+ */
+#define i3c_get_ops(dev) ((struct dm_i3c_ops *)(dev)->driver->ops)
+
+/**
+ * dm_i3c_write - Perform I3C write transaction
+ *
+ * @dev: Chip to write to
+ * @dev_number: The target device number from the driver model.
+ * @buf: Buffer containing data to write
+ * @num_bytes: Number of bytes to write.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int dm_i3c_write(struct udevice *dev, u32 dev_number,
+ u8 *buf, u32 num_bytes);
+
+/**
+ * dm_i3c_read - Perform I3C read transaction
+ *
+ * @dev: Chip to read from
+ * @dev_number: The target device number from the driver model.
+ * @buf: Place to put data
+ * @num_bytes: Number of bytes to read.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int dm_i3c_read(struct udevice *dev, u32 dev_number,
+ u8 *buf, u32 num_bytes);
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