Changeset 3144 for lm-sensors/trunk/doc/busses/i2c-viapro

Timestamp:

10/29/05 23:49:22 (8 years ago)

Author:

khali

Message:

Resync with Linux 2.6.

Files:

• lm-sensors/trunk/doc/busses/i2c-viapro (modified) (3 diffs)

lm-sensors/trunk/doc/busses/i2c-viapro

@@ -7 +7 @@
     Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website
 
-  * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686A/B 
+  * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686A/B
     Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website
 
@@ -13 +13 @@
     Datasheet: available on request from Via
 
-Author: Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+Authors:
+        Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>
+        Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> 
+        Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
 
@@ -29 +32 @@
 
 i2c-viapro is a true SMBus host driver for motherboards with one of the
-supported VIA southbridges.
+supported VIA south bridges.
 
 Your /proc/pci or lspci -n listing must show one of these :
 
- device 1106:3050   (VT82C596 function 3)
- device 1106:3051   (VT82C596 function 3)
+ device 1106:3050   (VT82C596A function 3)
+ device 1106:3051   (VT82C596B function 3)
  device 1106:3057   (VT82C686 function 4)
  device 1106:3074   (VT8233)
  device 1106:3147   (VT8233A)
- device 1106:8235   (VT8231)
- devide 1106:3177   (VT8235)
- devide 1106:3227   (VT8237)
+ device 1106:8235   (VT8231 function 4)
+ device 1106:3177   (VT8235)
+ device 1106:3227   (VT8237R)
 
 If none of these show up, you should look in the BIOS for settings like
 enable ACPI / SMBus or even USB.
 
-To install this driver, simply do
-  # modprobe i2c-viapro 
-
+Except for the oldest chips (VT82C596A/B, VT82C686A and most probably
+VT8231), this driver supports I2C block transactions. Such transactions
+are mainly useful to read from and write to EEPROMs.