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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-08-05 17:04:01 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-08-05 17:04:01 -0300 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ab64ce21c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +Kernel driver i2c-viapro + +Supported adapters: + * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596A/B + Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website + + * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686A/B + Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website + + * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A + Datasheet: available on request from VIA + + * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235, VT8237R, VT8237A, VT8237S, VT8251 + Datasheet: available on request and under NDA from VIA + + * VIA Technologies, Inc. CX700 + Datasheet: available on request and under NDA from VIA + + * VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 + Datasheet: available on http://linux.via.com.tw + + * VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 + Datasheet: available on http://linux.via.com.tw + + * VIA Technologies, Inc. VX900 + Datasheet: available on http://linux.via.com.tw + +Authors: + Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, + Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>, + Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> + +Module Parameters +----------------- + +* force: int + Forcibly enable the SMBus controller. DANGEROUS! +* force_addr: int + Forcibly enable the SMBus at the given address. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! + +Description +----------- + +i2c-viapro is a true SMBus host driver for motherboards with one of the +supported VIA south bridges. + +Your lspci -n listing must show one of these : + + 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 function 4) + device 1106:3177 (VT8235) + device 1106:3227 (VT8237R) + device 1106:3337 (VT8237A) + device 1106:3372 (VT8237S) + device 1106:3287 (VT8251) + device 1106:8324 (CX700) + device 1106:8353 (VX800/VX820) + device 1106:8409 (VX855/VX875) + device 1106:8410 (VX900) + +If none of these show up, you should look in the BIOS for settings like +enable ACPI / SMBus or even USB. + +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. + +The CX700/VX800/VX820 additionally appears to support SMBus PEC, although +this driver doesn't implement it yet. |