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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-12-15 14:52:16 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-12-15 14:52:16 -0300 |
| commit | 8d91c1e411f55d7ea91b1183a2e9f8088fb4d5be (patch) | |
| tree | e9891aa6c295060d065adffd610c4f49ecf884f3 /Documentation/i2c/ten-bit-addresses | |
| parent | a71852147516bc1cb5b0b3cbd13639bfd4022dc8 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/ten-bit-addresses b/Documentation/i2c/ten-bit-addresses index cdfe13901..7b2d11e53 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/ten-bit-addresses +++ b/Documentation/i2c/ten-bit-addresses @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ The I2C protocol knows about two kinds of device addresses: normal 7 bit addresses, and an extended set of 10 bit addresses. The sets of addresses do not intersect: the 7 bit address 0x10 is not the same as the 10 bit address 0x10 (though a single device could respond to both of them). +To avoid ambiguity, the user sees 10 bit addresses mapped to a different +address space, namely 0xa000-0xa3ff. The leading 0xa (= 10) represents the +10 bit mode. This is used for creating device names in sysfs. It is also +needed when instantiating 10 bit devices via the new_device file in sysfs. I2C messages to and from 10-bit address devices have a different format. See the I2C specification for the details. |