From b9cdad74883a797952de52464d118d685cafc05a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Delvare Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:12:31 +0200 Subject: i2c: New bus driver for the TAOS evaluation modules This is a new I2C bus driver for the TAOS evaluation modules. Developped and tested on the TAOS TSL2550 EVM. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare --- Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm (limited to 'Documentation/i2c') diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9146e33be6dd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Kernel driver i2c-taos-evm + +Author: Jean Delvare + +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. -- cgit v1.2.3