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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl55
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i8014
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix42
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/chips/max68752
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/chips/x120538
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/summary2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/writing-clients2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt1
10 files changed, 114 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index 8c5698a..46bcff2 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -643,6 +643,60 @@ X!Idrivers/video/console/fonts.c
!Edrivers/spi/spi.c
</chapter>
+ <chapter id="i2c">
+ <title>I<superscript>2</superscript>C and SMBus Subsystem</title>
+
+ <para>
+ I<superscript>2</superscript>C (or without fancy typography, "I2C")
+ is an acronym for the "Inter-IC" bus, a simple bus protocol which is
+ widely used where low data rate communications suffice.
+ Since it's also a licensed trademark, some vendors use another
+ name (such as "Two-Wire Interface", TWI) for the same bus.
+ I2C only needs two signals (SCL for clock, SDA for data), conserving
+ board real estate and minimizing signal quality issues.
+ Most I2C devices use seven bit addresses, and bus speeds of up
+ to 400 kHz; there's a high speed extension (3.4 MHz) that's not yet
+ found wide use.
+ I2C is a multi-master bus; open drain signaling is used to
+ arbitrate between masters, as well as to handshake and to
+ synchronize clocks from slower clients.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The Linux I2C programming interfaces support only the master
+ side of bus interactions, not the slave side.
+ The programming interface is structured around two kinds of driver,
+ and two kinds of device.
+ An I2C "Adapter Driver" abstracts the controller hardware; it binds
+ to a physical device (perhaps a PCI device or platform_device) and
+ exposes a <structname>struct i2c_adapter</structname> representing
+ each I2C bus segment it manages.
+ On each I2C bus segment will be I2C devices represented by a
+ <structname>struct i2c_client</structname>. Those devices will
+ be bound to a <structname>struct i2c_driver</structname>,
+ which should follow the standard Linux driver model.
+ (At this writing, a legacy model is more widely used.)
+ There are functions to perform various I2C protocol operations; at
+ this writing all such functions are usable only from task context.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The System Management Bus (SMBus) is a sibling protocol. Most SMBus
+ systems are also I2C conformant. The electrical constraints are
+ tighter for SMBus, and it standardizes particular protocol messages
+ and idioms. Controllers that support I2C can also support most
+ SMBus operations, but SMBus controllers don't support all the protocol
+ options that an I2C controller will.
+ There are functions to perform various SMBus protocol operations,
+ either using I2C primitives or by issuing SMBus commands to
+ i2c_adapter devices which don't support those I2C operations.
+ </para>
+
+!Iinclude/linux/i2c.h
+!Fdrivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c i2c_register_board_info
+!Edrivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+ </chapter>
+
<chapter id="splice">
<title>splice API</title>
<para>)
@@ -654,4 +708,5 @@ X!Idrivers/video/console/fonts.c
!Ffs/splice.c
</chapter>
+
</book>
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 3a159da..281458b 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -330,3 +330,10 @@ Who: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
---------------------------
+What: Legacy RTC drivers (under drivers/i2c/chips)
+When: November 2007
+Why: Obsolete. We have a RTC subsystem with better drivers.
+Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+
+---------------------------
+
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801
index c34f0db..fe6406f 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Supported adapters:
'810' and '810E' chipsets)
* Intel 82801BA (ICH2 - part of the '815E' chipset)
* Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3)
- * Intel 82801DB (ICH4) (HW PEC supported, 32 byte buffer not supported)
- * Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5) (HW PEC supported, 32 byte buffer not supported)
+ * Intel 82801DB (ICH4) (HW PEC supported)
+ * Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5) (HW PEC supported)
* Intel 6300ESB
* Intel 82801FB/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6)
* Intel 82801G (ICH7)
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4
index 7cbe43f..fa0c786 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Supported adapters:
Datasheet: Publicly available at the Intel website
* ServerWorks OSB4, CSB5, CSB6 and HT-1000 southbridges
Datasheet: Only available via NDA from ServerWorks
- * ATI IXP200, IXP300, IXP400 and SB600 southbridges
+ * ATI IXP200, IXP300, IXP400, SB600 and SB700 southbridges
Datasheet: Not publicly available
* Standard Microsystems (SMSC) SLC90E66 (Victory66) southbridge
Datasheet: Publicly available at the SMSC website http://www.smsc.com
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9146e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Kernel driver i2c-taos-evm
+
+Author: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+
+This is a driver for the evaluation modules for TAOS I2C/SMBus chips.
+The modules include an SMBus master with limited capabilities, which can
+be controlled over the serial port. Virtually all evaluation modules
+are supported, but a few lines of code need to be added for each new
+module to instantiate the right I2C chip on the bus. Obviously, a driver
+for the chip in question is also needed.
+
+Currently supported devices are:
+
+* TAOS TSL2550 EVM
+
+For addtional information on TAOS products, please see
+ http://www.taosinc.com/
+
+
+Using this driver
+-----------------
+
+In order to use this driver, you'll need the serport driver, and the
+inputattach tool, which is part of the input-utils package. The following
+commands will tell the kernel that you have a TAOS EVM on the first
+serial port:
+
+# modprobe serport
+# inputattach --taos-evm /dev/ttyS0
+
+
+Technical details
+-----------------
+
+Only 4 SMBus transaction types are supported by the TAOS evaluation
+modules:
+* Receive Byte
+* Send Byte
+* Read Byte
+* Write Byte
+
+The communication protocol is text-based and pretty simple. It is
+described in a PDF document on the CD which comes with the evaluation
+module. The communication is rather slow, because the serial port has
+to operate at 1200 bps. However, I don't think this is a big concern in
+practice, as these modules are meant for evaluation and testing only.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875
index 96fec56..a0cd8af 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ And then read the data
or
- count = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(fd, 0x84, buffer);
+ count = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(fd, 0x84, 16, buffer);
The block read should read 16 bytes.
0x84 is the block read command.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/x1205 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/x1205
deleted file mode 100644
index 09407c9..0000000
--- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/x1205
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-Kernel driver x1205
-===================
-
-Supported chips:
- * Xicor X1205 RTC
- Prefix: 'x1205'
- Addresses scanned: none
- Datasheet: http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,X1205,00.html
-
-Authors:
- Karen Spearel <kas11@tampabay.rr.com>,
- Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
-
-Description
------------
-
-This module aims to provide complete access to the Xicor X1205 RTC.
-Recently Xicor has merged with Intersil, but the chip is
-still sold under the Xicor brand.
-
-This chip is located at address 0x6f and uses a 2-byte register addressing.
-Two bytes need to be written to read a single register, while most
-other chips just require one and take the second one as the data
-to be written. To prevent corrupting unknown chips, the user must
-explicitely set the probe parameter.
-
-example:
-
-modprobe x1205 probe=0,0x6f
-
-The module supports one more option, hctosys, which is used to set the
-software clock from the x1205. On systems where the x1205 is the
-only hardware rtc, this parameter could be used to achieve a correct
-date/time earlier in the system boot sequence.
-
-example:
-
-modprobe x1205 probe=0,0x6f hctosys=1
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/summary b/Documentation/i2c/summary
index aea60bf..003c731 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/summary
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/summary
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ i2c-proc: The /proc/sys/dev/sensors interface for device (client) drivers
Algorithm drivers
-----------------
-i2c-algo-8xx: An algorithm for CPM's I2C device in Motorola 8xx processors (NOT BUILT BY DEFAULT)
i2c-algo-bit: A bit-banging algorithm
i2c-algo-pcf: A PCF 8584 style algorithm
i2c-algo-ibm_ocp: An algorithm for the I2C device in IBM 4xx processors (NOT BUILT BY DEFAULT)
@@ -81,6 +80,5 @@ i2c-pcf-epp: PCF8584 on a EPP parallel port (uses i2c-algo-pcf) (NOT mkpatch
i2c-philips-par: Philips style parallel port adapter (uses i2c-algo-bit)
i2c-adap-ibm_ocp: IBM 4xx processor I2C device (uses i2c-algo-ibm_ocp) (NOT BUILT BY DEFAULT)
i2c-pport: Primitive parallel port adapter (uses i2c-algo-bit)
-i2c-rpx: RPX board Motorola 8xx I2C device (uses i2c-algo-8xx) (NOT BUILT BY DEFAULT)
i2c-velleman: Velleman K8000 parallel port adapter (uses i2c-algo-bit)
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
index 3d8d36b..2c17003 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ SMBus communication
u8 command, u8 length,
u8 *values);
extern s32 i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client,
- u8 command, u8 *values);
+ u8 command, u8 length, u8 *values);
These ones were removed in Linux 2.6.10 because they had no users, but could
be added back later if needed:
diff --git a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
index c04a421..75b3680 100644
--- a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
+++ b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Offset Type Description
0x1d0 unsigned long EFI memory descriptor map pointer
0x1d4 unsigned long EFI memory descriptor map size
0x1e0 unsigned long ALT_MEM_K, alternative mem check, in Kb
+0x1e4 unsigned long Scratch field for the kernel setup code
0x1e8 char number of entries in E820MAP (below)
0x1e9 unsigned char number of entries in EDDBUF (below)
0x1ea unsigned char number of entries in EDD_MBR_SIG_BUFFER (below)