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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-27 08:09:48 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-27 08:09:48 -0700 |
commit | a5b08073a0b512d75fa1a7f82ee850e5c105cce9 (patch) | |
tree | 3e609b471ae2ca1f200f974fc65eaf242673db71 /Documentation | |
parent | ff0972c26bbf209da6f6d244cce60e695df863f6 (diff) | |
parent | 6d3aae9d74221b00e2cbf50a353527e5a71a58ba (diff) | |
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Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/i2c-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/i2c-2.6: (30 commits)
i2c: Drop unimplemented slave functions
i2c: Constify i2c_algorithm declarations, part 2
i2c: Constify i2c_algorithm declarations, part 1
i2c: Let drivers constify i2c_algorithm data
i2c-isa: Restore driver owner
i2c-viapro: Add support for the VT8237A and VT8251
i2c: Warn on i2c client creation failure
i2c-core: Drop useless bitmaskings
i2c-algo-pcf: Discard the mdelay data struct member
i2c-algo-bit: Cleanups
i2c-isa: Fail adding driver on attach_adapter error
i2c: __must_check fixes (chip drivers)
i2c-dev: attach/detach_adapter cleanups
i2c-stub: Chip address as a module parameter
i2c: Plan i2c-isa for removal
i2c: New bus driver for TI OMAP boards
i2c-algo-bit: Discard the mdelay data struct member
i2c-matroxfb: Struct init conversion
i2c: Fix copy-n-paste in subsystem Kconfig
i2c-au1550: Add I2C support for Au1200
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub | 15 |
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index bf56b20..93b10bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -313,3 +313,12 @@ Why: The stacking of class devices makes these values misleading and Who: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de> --------------------------- + +What: i2c-isa +When: December 2006 +Why: i2c-isa is a non-sense and doesn't fit in the device driver + model. Drivers relying on it are better implemented as platform + drivers. +Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +--------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro index 1677566..2568034 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro @@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ Supported adapters: * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686A/B Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website - * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8235, VT8237R + * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A Datasheet: available on request from VIA + * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235, VT8237R, VT8237A, VT8251 + Datasheet: available on request and under NDA from VIA + Authors: Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>, @@ -39,6 +42,8 @@ Your lspci -n listing must show one of these : device 1106:8235 (VT8231 function 4) device 1106:3177 (VT8235) device 1106:3227 (VT8237R) + device 1106:3337 (VT8237A) + device 1106:3287 (VT8251) If none of these show up, you should look in the BIOS for settings like enable ACPI / SMBus or even USB. diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub index d6dcb13..9cc081e 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub +++ b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub @@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ 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. + No hardware is needed nor associated with this module. It will accept write -quick commands to all addresses; it will respond to the other commands (also -to all addresses) by reading from or writing to an array in memory. It will +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. A pointer register with auto-increment is implemented for all byte @@ -21,6 +24,11 @@ The typical use-case is like this: 3. load the target sensors chip driver module 4. observe its behavior in the kernel log +PARAMETERS: + +int chip_addr: + The SMBus address to emulate a chip at. + CAVEATS: There are independent arrays for byte/data and word/data commands. Depending @@ -33,6 +41,9 @@ 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. |