iv/linux
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

i2c: update i2c-dev.h warning in documentation

Browse Source 
`Documentation/i2c/dev-interface` gives examples for accessing i2c from
userspace.

There's a note that warns developers about the two `i2c-dev.h` header
files which were shipped with the kernel and i2c-tools separately.

However, following i2c-tools commits suggest that the header files are now
identical (in functionality) and `i2c_*` helper functions are now defined
in a separate header called `i2c/smbus.h`, which is distributed with
i2c-tools:

commit 652619121974 ("Minimize differences with kernel flavor")
commit 93caf007f4cb ("Move SMBus helper functions to include/i2c/smbus.h")

Thus, I've converted the warning paragraph into a historical note and
updated the suggested header files.

Signed-off-by: Cengiz Can <cengizc@gmail.com>
Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
This commit is contained in:
Cengiz C 2017-12-12 19:43:09 +03:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
parent 90b2a01e68
commit 91b28aeb17
1 changed files with 10 additions and 7 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

17
Documentation/i2c/dev-interface
View File

@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ i2c-10, ...). All 256 minor device numbers are reserved for i2c.
C example
=========
So let's say you want to access an i2c adapter from a C program. The
first thing to do is "#include <linux/i2c-dev.h>". Please note that
there are two files named "i2c-dev.h" out there, one is distributed
with the Linux kernel and is meant to be included from kernel
driver code, the other one is distributed with i2c-tools and is
meant to be included from user-space programs. You obviously want
the second one here.
So let's say you want to access an i2c adapter from a C program.
First, you need to include these two headers:
#include <linux/i2c-dev.h>
#include <i2c/smbus.h>
(Please note that there are two files named "i2c-dev.h" out there. One is
distributed with the Linux kernel and the other one is included in the
source tree of i2c-tools. They used to be different in content but since 2012
they're identical. You should use "linux/i2c-dev.h").
Now, you have to decide which adapter you want to access. You should
inspect /sys/class/i2c-dev/ or run "i2cdetect -l" to decide this.