diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810 | 46 |
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0544eb33288 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Kernel driver i2c-i810 + +Supported adapters: + * Intel 82810, 82810-DC100, 82810E, and 82815 (GMCH) + +Authors: + Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, + Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>, + Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, + Ralph Metzler <rjkm@thp.uni-koeln.de>, + Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> + +Main contact: Mark Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> + +Description +----------- + +WARNING: If you have an '810' or '815' motherboard, your standard I2C +temperature sensors are most likely on the 801's I2C bus. You want the +i2c-i801 driver for those, not this driver. + +Now for the i2c-i810... + +The GMCH chip contains two I2C interfaces. + +The first interface is used for DDC (Data Display Channel) which is a +serial channel through the VGA monitor connector to a DDC-compliant +monitor. This interface is defined by the Video Electronics Standards +Association (VESA). The standards are available for purchase at +http://www.vesa.org . + +The second interface is a general-purpose I2C bus. It may be connected to a +TV-out chip such as the BT869 or possibly to a digital flat-panel display. + +Features +-------- + +Both busses use the i2c-algo-bit driver for 'bit banging' +and support for specific transactions is provided by i2c-algo-bit. + +Issues +------ + +If you enable bus testing in i2c-algo-bit (insmod i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1), +the test may fail; if so, the i2c-i810 driver won't be inserted. However, +we think this has been fixed. |