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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-stub index d6dcb138abf5..9cc081e69764 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 | |||
6 | types of SMBus commands: write quick, (r/w) byte, (r/w) byte data, and | 6 | types 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 | ||
9 | You need to provide a chip address as a module parameter when loading | ||
10 | this driver, which will then only react to SMBus commands to this address. | ||
11 | |||
9 | No hardware is needed nor associated with this module. It will accept write | 12 | No hardware is needed nor associated with this module. It will accept write |
10 | quick commands to all addresses; it will respond to the other commands (also | 13 | quick commands to one address; it will respond to the other commands (also |
11 | to all addresses) by reading from or writing to an array in memory. It will | 14 | to one address) by reading from or writing to an array in memory. It will |
12 | also spam the kernel logs for every command it handles. | 15 | also spam the kernel logs for every command it handles. |
13 | 16 | ||
14 | A pointer register with auto-increment is implemented for all byte | 17 | A 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 | ||
27 | PARAMETERS: | ||
28 | |||
29 | int chip_addr: | ||
30 | The SMBus address to emulate a chip at. | ||
31 | |||
24 | CAVEATS: | 32 | CAVEATS: |
25 | 33 | ||
26 | There are independent arrays for byte/data and word/data commands. Depending | 34 | 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 | |||
33 | chips) this module will not work well - although it could be extended to | 41 | chips) this module will not work well - although it could be extended to |
34 | support that pretty easily. | 42 | support that pretty easily. |
35 | 43 | ||
44 | Only one chip address is supported - although this module could be | ||
45 | extended to support more. | ||
46 | |||
36 | If you spam it hard enough, printk can be lossy. This module really wants | 47 | If you spam it hard enough, printk can be lossy. This module really wants |
37 | something like relayfs. | 48 | something like relayfs. |
38 | 49 | ||