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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub index fa4b669c166..a0fe7a04a3b 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub +++ b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ MODULE: i2c-stub DESCRIPTION: -This module is a very simple fake I2C/SMBus driver. It implements five +This module is a very simple fake I2C/SMBus driver. It implements six types of SMBus commands: write quick, (r/w) byte, (r/w) byte data, (r/w) -word data, and (r/w) I2C block data. +word data, (r/w) I2C block data, and (r/w) SMBus block data. You need to provide chip addresses as a module parameter when loading this driver, which will then only react to SMBus commands to these addresses. @@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ A pointer register with auto-increment is implemented for all byte operations. This allows for continuous byte reads like those supported by EEPROMs, among others. +SMBus block command support is disabled by default, and must be enabled +explicitly by setting the respective bits (0x03000000) in the functionality +module parameter. + +SMBus block commands must be written to configure an SMBus command for +SMBus block operations. Writes can be partial. Block read commands always +return the number of bytes selected with the largest write so far. + The typical use-case is like this: 1. load this module 2. use i2cset (from the i2c-tools project) to pre-load some data |