4 Because not every I2C or SMBus adapter implements everything in the
5 I2C specifications, a client can not trust that everything it needs
6 is implemented when it is given the option to attach to an adapter:
7 the client needs some way to check whether an adapter has the needed
11 FUNCTIONALITY CONSTANTS
12 -----------------------
14 For the most up-to-date list of functionality constants, please check
17 I2C_FUNC_I2C Plain i2c-level commands (Pure SMBus
18 adapters typically can not do these)
19 I2C_FUNC_10BIT_ADDR Handles the 10-bit address extensions
20 I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING Knows about the I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK,
21 I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR and I2C_M_NO_RD_ACK
22 flags (which modify the I2C protocol!)
23 I2C_FUNC_NOSTART Can skip repeated start sequence
24 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK Handles the SMBus write_quick command
25 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE Handles the SMBus read_byte command
26 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE Handles the SMBus write_byte command
27 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE_DATA Handles the SMBus read_byte_data command
28 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE_DATA Handles the SMBus write_byte_data command
29 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_WORD_DATA Handles the SMBus read_word_data command
30 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_WORD_DATA Handles the SMBus write_byte_data command
31 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_PROC_CALL Handles the SMBus process_call command
32 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BLOCK_DATA Handles the SMBus read_block_data command
33 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BLOCK_DATA Handles the SMBus write_block_data command
34 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_I2C_BLOCK Handles the SMBus read_i2c_block_data command
35 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_I2C_BLOCK Handles the SMBus write_i2c_block_data command
37 A few combinations of the above flags are also defined for your convenience:
39 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE Handles the SMBus read_byte
40 and write_byte commands
41 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA Handles the SMBus read_byte_data
42 and write_byte_data commands
43 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA Handles the SMBus read_word_data
44 and write_word_data commands
45 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA Handles the SMBus read_block_data
46 and write_block_data commands
47 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK Handles the SMBus read_i2c_block_data
48 and write_i2c_block_data commands
49 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_EMUL Handles all SMBus commands that can be
50 emulated by a real I2C adapter (using
51 the transparent emulation layer)
53 In kernel versions prior to 3.5 I2C_FUNC_NOSTART was implemented as
54 part of I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING.
57 ADAPTER IMPLEMENTATION
58 ----------------------
60 When you write a new adapter driver, you will have to implement a
61 function callback `functionality'. Typical implementations are given
64 A typical SMBus-only adapter would list all the SMBus transactions it
65 supports. This example comes from the i2c-piix4 driver:
67 static u32 piix4_func(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
69 return I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK | I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE |
70 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA | I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA |
71 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA;
74 A typical full-I2C adapter would use the following (from the i2c-pxa
77 static u32 i2c_pxa_functionality(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
79 return I2C_FUNC_I2C | I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_EMUL;
82 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_EMUL includes all the SMBus transactions (with the
83 addition of I2C block transactions) which i2c-core can emulate using
84 I2C_FUNC_I2C without any help from the adapter driver. The idea is
85 to let the client drivers check for the support of SMBus functions
86 without having to care whether the said functions are implemented in
87 hardware by the adapter, or emulated in software by i2c-core on top
94 Before a client tries to attach to an adapter, or even do tests to check
95 whether one of the devices it supports is present on an adapter, it should
96 check whether the needed functionality is present. The typical way to do
97 this is (from the lm75 driver):
99 static int lm75_detect(...)
102 if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA |
103 I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA))
108 Here, the lm75 driver checks if the adapter can do both SMBus byte data
109 and SMBus word data transactions. If not, then the driver won't work on
110 this adapter and there's no point in going on. If the check above is
111 successful, then the driver knows that it can call the following
112 functions: i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(), i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(),
113 i2c_smbus_read_word_data() and i2c_smbus_write_word_data(). As a rule of
114 thumb, the functionality constants you test for with
115 i2c_check_functionality() should match exactly the i2c_smbus_* functions
116 which you driver is calling.
118 Note that the check above doesn't tell whether the functionalities are
119 implemented in hardware by the underlying adapter or emulated in
120 software by i2c-core. Client drivers don't have to care about this, as
121 i2c-core will transparently implement SMBus transactions on top of I2C
125 CHECKING THROUGH /DEV
126 ---------------------
128 If you try to access an adapter from a userspace program, you will have
129 to use the /dev interface. You will still have to check whether the
130 functionality you need is supported, of course. This is done using
131 the I2C_FUNCS ioctl. An example, adapted from the i2cdetect program, is
135 if (file = open("/dev/i2c-0", O_RDWR) < 0) {
136 /* Some kind of error handling */
139 if (ioctl(file, I2C_FUNCS, &funcs) < 0) {
140 /* Some kind of error handling */
143 if (!(funcs & I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK)) {
144 /* Oops, the needed functionality (SMBus write_quick function) is
148 /* Now it is safe to use the SMBus write_quick command */