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-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i8013
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf85748
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/dev-interface11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub18
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801
index fe6406f2f9a..fde4420e3f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Supported adapters:
* Intel 631xESB/632xESB (ESB2)
* Intel 82801H (ICH8)
* Intel ICH9
- Datasheets: Publicly available at the Intel website
+ * Intel Tolapai
+ Datasheets: Publicly available at the Intel website
Authors:
Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8574 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8574
index 2752c8ce316..5c1ad1376b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8574
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8574
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ if the corresponding output is set as 1, otherwise the current output
value, that is to say 0.
The write file is read/write. Writing a value outputs it on the I/O
-port. Reading returns the last written value.
-
-On module initialization the chip is configured as eight inputs (all
-outputs to 1), so you can connect any circuit to the PCF8574(A) without
-being afraid of short-circuit.
+port. Reading returns the last written value. As it is not possible
+to read this value from the chip, you need to write at least once to
+this file before you can read back from it.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface b/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface
index b849ad63658..9dd79123ddd 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface
@@ -90,12 +90,15 @@ ioctl(file,I2C_SLAVE,long addr)
ioctl(file,I2C_TENBIT,long select)
Selects ten bit addresses if select not equals 0, selects normal 7 bit
- addresses if select equals 0. Default 0.
+ addresses if select equals 0. Default 0. This request is only valid
+ if the adapter has I2C_FUNC_10BIT_ADDR.
ioctl(file,I2C_PEC,long select)
Selects SMBus PEC (packet error checking) generation and verification
if select not equals 0, disables if select equals 0. Default 0.
- Used only for SMBus transactions.
+ Used only for SMBus transactions. This request only has an effect if the
+ the adapter has I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_PEC; it is still safe if not, it just
+ doesn't have any effect.
ioctl(file,I2C_FUNCS,unsigned long *funcs)
Gets the adapter functionality and puts it in *funcs.
@@ -103,8 +106,10 @@ ioctl(file,I2C_FUNCS,unsigned long *funcs)
ioctl(file,I2C_RDWR,struct i2c_rdwr_ioctl_data *msgset)
Do combined read/write transaction without stop in between.
- The argument is a pointer to a struct i2c_rdwr_ioctl_data {
+ Only valid if the adapter has I2C_FUNC_I2C. The argument is
+ a pointer to a
+ struct i2c_rdwr_ioctl_data {
struct i2c_msg *msgs; /* ptr to array of simple messages */
int nmsgs; /* number of messages to exchange */
}
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub
index 9cc081e6976..89e69ad3436 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ This module is a very simple fake I2C/SMBus driver. It implements four
types of SMBus commands: write quick, (r/w) byte, (r/w) byte data, and
(r/w) word data.
-You need to provide a chip address as a module parameter when loading
-this driver, which will then only react to SMBus commands to this address.
+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.
No hardware is needed nor associated with this module. It will accept write
-quick commands to one address; it will respond to the other commands (also
-to one address) by reading from or writing to an array in memory. It will
-also spam the kernel logs for every command it handles.
+quick commands to the specified addresses; it will respond to the other
+commands (also to the specified addresses) by reading from or writing to
+arrays in memory. It will also spam the kernel logs for every command it
+handles.
A pointer register with auto-increment is implemented for all byte
operations. This allows for continuous byte reads like those supported by
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ The typical use-case is like this:
PARAMETERS:
-int chip_addr:
- The SMBus address to emulate a chip at.
+int chip_addr[10]:
+ The SMBus addresses to emulate chips at.
CAVEATS:
@@ -41,9 +42,6 @@ If the hardware for your driver has banked registers (e.g. Winbond sensors
chips) this module will not work well - although it could be extended to
support that pretty easily.
-Only one chip address is supported - although this module could be
-extended to support more.
-
If you spam it hard enough, printk can be lossy. This module really wants
something like relayfs.