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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst b/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst index 10c4a989982c..997945e90419 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst +++ b/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst @@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ This sends a single bit to the device, at the place of the Rd/Wr bit:: Functionality flag: I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK -SMBus Receive Byte: i2c_smbus_read_byte() -========================================== +SMBus Receive Byte +================== + +Implemented by i2c_smbus_read_byte() This reads a single byte from a device, without specifying a device register. Some devices are so simple that this interface is enough; for @@ -75,8 +77,10 @@ the previous SMBus command:: Functionality flag: I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE -SMBus Send Byte: i2c_smbus_write_byte() -======================================== +SMBus Send Byte +=============== + +Implemented by i2c_smbus_write_byte() This operation is the reverse of Receive Byte: it sends a single byte to a device. See Receive Byte for more information. @@ -88,8 +92,10 @@ to a device. See Receive Byte for more information. Functionality flag: I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE -SMBus Read Byte: i2c_smbus_read_byte_data() -============================================ +SMBus Read Byte +=============== + +Implemented by i2c_smbus_read_byte_data() This reads a single byte from a device, from a designated register. The register is specified through the Comm byte:: @@ -99,8 +105,10 @@ The register is specified through the Comm byte:: Functionality flag: I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE_DATA -SMBus Read Word: i2c_smbus_read_word_data() -============================================ +SMBus Read Word +=============== + +Implemented by i2c_smbus_read_word_data() This operation is very like Read Byte; again, data is read from a device, from a designated register that is specified through the Comm @@ -115,8 +123,10 @@ available for reads where the two data bytes are the other way around (not SMBus compliant, but very popular.) -SMBus Write Byte: i2c_smbus_write_byte_data() -============================================== +SMBus Write Byte +================ + +Implemented by i2c_smbus_write_byte_data() This writes a single byte to a device, to a designated register. The register is specified through the Comm byte. This is the opposite of @@ -129,8 +139,10 @@ the Read Byte operation. Functionality flag: I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE_DATA -SMBus Write Word: i2c_smbus_write_word_data() -============================================== +SMBus Write Word +================ + +Implemented by i2c_smbus_write_word_data() This is the opposite of the Read Word operation. 16 bits of data is written to a device, to the designated register that is @@ -145,8 +157,8 @@ available for writes where the two data bytes are the other way around (not SMBus compliant, but very popular.) -SMBus Process Call: -=================== +SMBus Process Call +================== This command selects a device register (through the Comm byte), sends 16 bits of data to it, and reads 16 bits of data in return:: @@ -157,8 +169,10 @@ This command selects a device register (through the Comm byte), sends Functionality flag: I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_PROC_CALL -SMBus Block Read: i2c_smbus_read_block_data() -============================================== +SMBus Block Read +================ + +Implemented by i2c_smbus_read_block_data() This command reads a block of up to 32 bytes from a device, from a designated register that is specified through the Comm byte. The amount @@ -172,8 +186,10 @@ of data is specified by the device in the Count byte. Functionality flag: I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BLOCK_DATA -SMBus Block Write: i2c_smbus_write_block_data() -================================================ +SMBus Block Write +================= + +Implemented by i2c_smbus_write_block_data() The opposite of the Block Read command, this writes up to 32 bytes to a device, to a designated register that is specified through the @@ -274,8 +290,10 @@ I2C block transactions do not limit the number of bytes transferred but the SMBus layer places a limit of 32 bytes. -I2C Block Read: i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() -================================================ +I2C Block Read +============== + +Implemented by i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data() This command reads a block of bytes from a device, from a designated register that is specified through the Comm byte:: @@ -286,8 +304,10 @@ designated register that is specified through the Comm byte:: Functionality flag: I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_I2C_BLOCK -I2C Block Write: i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data() -================================================== +I2C Block Write +=============== + +Implemented by i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data() The opposite of the Block Read command, this writes bytes to a device, to a designated register that is specified through the |