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2010-05-21i2c-i801: Let the user disable selected driver featuresJean Delvare
Let the user disable selected features normally supported by the device. This makes it possible to work around possible driver or hardware bugs if the feature in question doesn't work as intended for whatever reason. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Felix Rubinstein <felixru@gmail.com>
2010-05-04i2c-core: Erase pointer to clientdata on removalWolfram Sang
After discovering that a lot of i2c-drivers leave the pointer to their clientdata dangling, it was decided to let the core handle this issue. It is assumed that the core may access the private data after remove() as there are no guarantees for the lifetime of such pointers anyhow (see thread starting at http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/21/68) Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-03-02i2c: Document the message size limitZhangfei Gao
i2c_master_send & i2c_master_recv do not support more than 64 kb transfer, since msg.len is u16. Signed-off-by: Zhangfei Gao <zgao6@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-03-02i2c-parport-light: Add SMBus alert supportJean Delvare
Add support for the SMBus alert mechanism to the i2c-parport-light driver. The ADM1032 evaluation board at least is properly wired for this. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Trent Piepho <tpiepho@freescale.com>
2010-03-02i2c-parport: Add SMBus alert supportJean Delvare
Add support for the SMBus alert mechanism to the i2c-parport driver. The ADM1032 evaluation board at least is properly wired for this. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Trent Piepho <tpiepho@freescale.com>
2010-03-02i2c: Add SMBus alert supportJean Delvare
SMBus alert support. The SMBus alert protocol allows several SMBus slave devices to share a single interrupt pin on the SMBus master, while still allowing the master to know which slave triggered the interrupt. This is based on preliminary work by David Brownell. The key difference between David's implementation and mine is that his was part of i2c-core, while mine is split into a separate, standalone module named i2c-smbus. The i2c-smbus module is meant to include support for all SMBus extensions to the I2C protocol in the future. The benefit of this approach is a zero cost for I2C bus segments which do not need SMBus alert support. Where David's implementation increased the size of struct i2c_adapter by 7% (40 bytes on i386), mine doesn't touch it. Where David's implementation added over 150 lines of code to i2c-core (+10%), mine doesn't touch it. The only change that touches all the users of the i2c subsystem is a new callback in struct i2c_driver (common to both implementations.) I seem to remember Trent was worried about the footprint of David'd implementation, hopefully mine addresses the issue. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Trent Piepho <tpiepho@freescale.com>
2010-03-02i2c-i801: Add Intel Cougar Point device IDsSeth Heasley
Add the Intel Cougar Point (PCH) SMBus controller device IDs. Signed-off-by: Seth Heasley <seth.heasley@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-12-14i2c: Get rid of struct i2c_client_address_dataJean Delvare
Struct i2c_client_address_data only contains one field at this point, which makes its usefulness questionable. Get rid of it and pass simple address lists around instead. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Tested-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
2009-12-06i2c-stub: Documentation updateJean Delvare
There is nothing sensors-specific to i2c-stub. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-12-06i2c-stub: Allow user to disable some commandsJean Delvare
Add a module parameter to override the functionality bitfield. This lets the user disable some commands. This can be used to force a chip driver to take different code paths. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-12-06i2c-stub: Implement I2C block supportJean Delvare
This is required to test some drivers, for example at24. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-12-06i2c: Drop probe, ignore and force module parametersJean Delvare
The legacy probe and force module parameters are obsolete now, the same can be achieved using the new_device sysfs interface, which is both more flexible and cheaper (it is implemented by i2c-core rather than replicated in every driver module.) The legacy ignore module parameters can be dropped as well. Ignoring can be done by instantiating a "dummy" device at the problematic address. This is the first step of a huge cleanup to i2c-core's i2c_detect function, i2c.h's I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD* macros, and all drivers that made use of them. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-12-06i2c-voodoo3: DeleteJean Delvare
Superseded by tdfxfb. I2C/DDC support used to live in a separate driver but this caused driver conflicts. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
2009-11-07i2c-piix4: Modify code name SB900 to Hudson-2Crane Cai
Change SB900 to its formal code name Hudson-2. Signed-off-by: Crane Cai <crane.cai@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-10-04i2c: Minor documentation updateJean Delvare
The sysfs path to i2c adapters has changed recently, update the documentation to reflect that change. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-10-04i2c: Move misc devices documentationJean Delvare
Some times ago the eeprom and max6875 drivers moved to drivers/misc/eeprom, but their documentation did not follow. It's finally time to get rid of Documentation/i2c/chips. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Ben Gardner <gardner.ben@gmail.com> Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
2009-09-18i2c-piix4: Add AMD SB900 SMBus device IDCrane Cai
Add new SMBus device ID for AMD SB900. Signed-off-by: Crane Cai <crane.cai@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-09-18i2c/chips: Remove deprecated pcf8574 driverWolfram Sang
The pcf8574 driver in drivers/i2c/chips which just exports its register to sysfs is superseded by drivers/gpio/pcf857x.c which properly uses the gpiolib. As this driver has been deprecated for more than a year, finally remove it. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Cc: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-09-18i2c/chips: Remove deprecated pca9539 driverWolfram Sang
The pca9539 driver in drivers/i2c/chips which just exports its registers to sysfs is superseded by drivers/gpio/pca953x.c which properly uses the gpiolib. As this driver has been deprecated for more than a year, finally remove it. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Acked-by: Ben Gardner <gardner.ben@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-09-18i2c/chips: Remove deprecated pcf8575 driverWolfram Sang
The pcf8575 driver in drivers/i2c/chips which just exports its register to sysfs is superseded by drivers/gpio/pcf857x.c which properly uses the gpiolib. As this driver has been deprecated for more than a year, finally remove it. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Cc: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-06-19i2c: Add a sysfs interface to instantiate devicesJean Delvare
Add a sysfs interface to instantiate and delete I2C devices. This is primarily a replacement of the force_* module parameters implemented by some i2c drivers. These module parameters were implemented internally by the I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD* macros, which don't scale well. This can also be used when developing a driver on a self-soldered board which doesn't yet have proper I2C device declaration at the platform level, and presumably for various debugging situations. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
2009-06-19i2c: Get rid of the legacy binding modelJean Delvare
We converted all the legacy i2c drivers so we can finally get rid of the legacy binding model. Hooray! Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
2009-06-15i2c-viapro: Add new PCI device ID for VX855Harald Welte
The south bridge of the VIA VX855 chipset has a different PCI Device ID so i2c-viapro.c needs to be updated with this. Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <HaraldWelte@viatech.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-06-13i2c-ocores: Can add I2C devices to the busRichard Röjfors
There is sometimes a need for the ocores driver to add devices to the bus when installed. i2c_register_board_info can not always be used, because the I2C devices are not known at an early state, they could for instance be connected on a I2C bus on a PCI device which has the Open Cores IP. i2c_new_device can not be used in all cases either since the resulting bus nummer might be unknown. The solution is the pass a list of I2C devices in the platform data to the Open Cores driver. This is useful for MFD drivers. Signed-off-by: Richard Röjfors <richard.rojfors.ext@mocean-labs.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
2009-03-30Move the pcf8591 driver to hwmonJean Delvare
Directory drivers/i2c/chips is going away, so drivers there must find new homes. For the pcf8591 driver, the best choice seems to be the hwmon subsystem. While the Philips PCF8591 device isn't a typical hardware monitoring chip, its DAC interface is compatible with the hwmon one, so it fits somewhat. If a better subsystem is ever created for ADC/DAC chips, the driver could be moved there. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
2009-03-28i2c-piix4: Add support for the Broadcom HT1100 chipsetFlavio Leitner
Add support for the Broadcom HT1100 LD chipset (SMBus function.) Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2009-03-28i2c-nforce2: Add support for MCP67, MCP73, MCP78S and MCP79Jean Delvare
The MCP78S and MCP79 appear to be compatible with the previous nForce chips as far as the SMBus controller is concerned. The MCP67 and MCP73 were not tested yet but I'd be very surprised if they weren't compatible too. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Oleg Ryjkov <olegr@olegr.ca> Cc: Malcolm Lalkaka <mlalkaka@gmail.com> Cc: Zbigniew Luszpinski <zbiggy@o2.pl>
2009-03-28i2c: Document the different ways to instantiate i2c devicesJean Delvare
On popular demand, here comes some documentation about how to instantiate i2c devices in the new (standard) i2c device driver binding model. I have also clarified how the class bitfield lets driver authors control which buses are probed in the auto-detect case, and warned more loudly against the abuse of this method. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Michael Lawnick <nospam_lawnick@gmx.de> Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
2008-10-30i2c: The i2c mailing list is movingJean Delvare
Replace all references to the old i2c mailing list. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-22i2c: Update and clean up writing-clients documentJean Delvare
* Strip trailing white space. * Remove out-of-date or irrelevant parts. * Insist on the fact that command is deprecated. * Fix spelling mistakes and typos. * Reformat code examples and function prototypes to comply with the kernel coding style. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-22i2c: Delete legacy model documentationJean Delvare
The legacy i2c binding model is deprecated and will be removed soon, so we no longer need to document it. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-22i2c: Constify i2c_get_clientdata's parameterJean Delvare
i2c_get_clientdata doesn't change the i2c_client it is passed as a parameter, so it can be constified. Same for i2c_get_adapdata. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-22i2c: Delete outdated client porting guideJean Delvare
The document describing how to port i2c chip drivers from Linux 2.4 to Linux 2.6 is outdated. As I suspect that most drivers that had to be ported have already been by now, I do not want to spend time updating it. Let's just delete it instead. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-22i2c-i801: Add support for Intel Ibex PeakSeth Heasley
Adds the Intel Ibex Peak (PCH) SMBus Controller Device IDs. Signed-off-by: Seth Heasley <seth.heasley@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-14i2c: Restore i2c_smbus_process_call functionPrakash Mortha
Restore the i2c_smbus_process_call() as one driver (for the Micronas MAP5401) will need it soon. [JD: Update documentation accordingly.] Signed-off-by: Prakash Mortha <pmortha@escient.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-14i2c: Document the implementation details of the /dev interfaceJean Delvare
I wrote this explanation to answer a question on the i2c mailing list, and thought it would be good to have in the kernel documentation. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-14i2c: Improve dev-interface documentationJean Delvare
* Clarify some points. * Point developers to i2c-tools instead of lm_sensors. * Fix coding style in code examples. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-14i2c-viapro: Add VX800/VX820 supportRudolf Marek
Thanks to new datasheets published on http://linux.via.com.tw we can now add support for VX800/VX820 chipsets. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@assembler.cz> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-28i2c: Documentation: upgrading clients HOWTOBen Dooks
Add a document describing how i2c clients on Linux 2.6 can be moved from the old to the new driver model. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
2008-07-16i2c: Convert the max6875 driver to a new-style i2c driverJean Delvare
The new-style max6875 driver implements the optional detect() callback to cover the use cases of the legacy driver. I'm curious if anyone really needs this though, so it might be removed in the feature. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-16i2c: Convert the pca9539 driver to a new-style i2c driverJean Delvare
The new-style pca9539 driver implements the optional detect() callback to cover the use cases of the legacy driver. Warning: users will now have to use the force module parameter to get the driver to attach to their device. That's not a bad thing as these devices can't be detected anyway. Note that this doesn't change the fact that this driver is deprecated in favor of gpio/pca953x. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-16i2c: Convert the pcf8575 driver to a new-style i2c driverJean Delvare
The new-style pcf8575 driver implements the optional detect() callback to cover the use cases of the legacy driver. Warning: users will now have to use the force module parameter to get the driver to attach to their device. That's not a bad thing as these devices can't be detected anyway. Note that this doesn't change the fact that this driver is deprecated in favor of gpio/pcf857x. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-16i2c: Convert the pcf8574 driver to a new-style i2c driverJean Delvare
The new-style pcf8574 driver implements the optional detect() callback to cover the use cases of the legacy driver. Warning: users will now have to use the force module parameter to get the driver to attach to their device. That's not a bad thing as these devices can't be detected anyway. Note that this doesn't change the fact that this driver is deprecated in favor of gpio/pcf857x. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-14i2c: Add detection capability to new-style driversJean Delvare
Add a mechanism to let new-style i2c drivers optionally autodetect devices they would support on selected buses and ask i2c-core to instantiate them. This is a replacement for legacy i2c drivers, much cleaner. Where drivers had to implement both a legacy i2c_driver and a new-style i2c_driver so far, this mechanism makes it possible to get rid of the legacy i2c_driver and implement both enumerated and detected device support with just one (new-style) i2c_driver. Here is a quick conversion guide for these drivers, step by step: * Delete the legacy driver definition, registration and removal. Delete the attach_adapter and detach_client methods of the legacy driver. * Change the prototype of the legacy detect function from static int foo_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind); to static int foo_detect(struct i2c_client *client, int kind, struct i2c_board_info *info); * Set the new-style driver detect callback to this new function, and set its address_data to &addr_data (addr_data is generally provided by I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD.) * Add the appropriate class to the new-style driver. This is typically the class the legacy attach_adapter method was checking for. Class checking is now mandatory (done by i2c-core.) See <linux/i2c.h> for the list of available classes. * Remove the i2c_client allocation and freeing from the detect function. A pre-allocated client is now handed to you by i2c-core, and is freed automatically. * Make the detect function fill the type field of the i2c_board_info structure it was passed as a parameter, and return 0, on success. If the detection fails, return -ENODEV. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-14i2c: Delete unused function i2c_smbus_write_quickJean Delvare
Function i2c_smbus_write_quick has no users left, so we can delete it. Also update the list of these helper functions which are gone but could be added back if needed. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-14i2c-core: Return -Errno, not -1David Brownell
More updates to the I2C stack's fault reporting: make the core stop returning "-1" (usually "-EPERM") for all faults. Instead, pass lower level fault code up the stack, or return some appropriate errno. This patch happens to touch almost exclusively SMBus calls. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-14i2c: Document standard fault codesDavid Brownell
Create Documentation/i2c/fault-codes to help standardize fault/error code usage in the I2C stack. It turns out that returning -1 (-EPERM) for everything was not at all helpful. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-14i2c: Remove 3 deprecated bus driversAdrian Bunk
This patch contains the scheduled removal of i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-01i2c: Documentation: fix device matching descriptionBen Dooks
The matching process described for new style clients in Documentation/i2c/writing-clients is classed as out-of-date as it requires the presence of an .id_table entry in the driver's i2c_driver entry. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-05-11i2c: Improve the functionality documentationJean Delvare
Attempt to make the documentation about the I2C/SMBus functionality checking API clearer. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>