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@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ This module is a very simple fake I2C/SMBus driver. It implements four
6types of SMBus commands: write quick, (r/w) byte, (r/w) byte data, and 6types of SMBus commands: write quick, (r/w) byte, (r/w) byte data, and
7(r/w) word data. 7(r/w) word data.
8 8
9You need to provide a chip address as a module parameter when loading
10this driver, which will then only react to SMBus commands to this address.
11
9No hardware is needed nor associated with this module. It will accept write 12No hardware is needed nor associated with this module. It will accept write
10quick commands to all addresses; it will respond to the other commands (also 13quick commands to one address; it will respond to the other commands (also
11to all addresses) by reading from or writing to an array in memory. It will 14to one address) by reading from or writing to an array in memory. It will
12also spam the kernel logs for every command it handles. 15also spam the kernel logs for every command it handles.
13 16
14A pointer register with auto-increment is implemented for all byte 17A pointer register with auto-increment is implemented for all byte
@@ -21,6 +24,11 @@ The typical use-case is like this:
21 3. load the target sensors chip driver module 24 3. load the target sensors chip driver module
22 4. observe its behavior in the kernel log 25 4. observe its behavior in the kernel log
23 26
27PARAMETERS:
28
29int chip_addr:
30 The SMBus address to emulate a chip at.
31
24CAVEATS: 32CAVEATS:
25 33
26There are independent arrays for byte/data and word/data commands. Depending 34There 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
33chips) this module will not work well - although it could be extended to 41chips) this module will not work well - although it could be extended to
34support that pretty easily. 42support that pretty easily.
35 43
44Only one chip address is supported - although this module could be
45extended to support more.
46
36If you spam it hard enough, printk can be lossy. This module really wants 47If you spam it hard enough, printk can be lossy. This module really wants
37something like relayfs. 48something like relayfs.
38 49