Browse Source

Remove reference to hardware monitoring chips. i2cdump works on all I2C/SMBus

chips, not just hardware monitoring chips.


git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/i2c-tools/trunk@5140 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
tags/v3.0.1
Jean Delvare 18 years ago
parent
commit
0d1b482ef0
  1. 1
      CHANGES
  2. 8
      tools/i2cdump.8

1
CHANGES

@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SVN
Print the asset tag
Fix the timestamp decoding
i2cdump: Fix I2C block mode error code
Remove man page reference to hardware monitoring chips
i2cset: Final status messages go to stdout
Return success even when readback fails or doesn't match
i2c-stub-from-dump: New helper script to use with i2c-stub

8
tools/i2cdump.8

@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.TH I2CDUMP 8 "June 2007"
.TH I2CDUMP 8 "March 2008"
.SH NAME
i2cdump \- examine I2C registers
@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ starts with WRITING a byte to the chip. On most chips it will be stored in the
address pointer register, which is OK, but some chips with a single register
or no (visible) register at all will most likely see this as a real WRITE,
resulting in possible misbehavior or corruption. Do not use i2cdump
on random addresses. Anyway, it is of little use unless you have an idea of
what you are looking for and have some general knowledge about hardware
monitoring chips internals.
on random addresses. Anyway, it is of little use unless you have good
knowledge of the chip you're working with and an idea of what you are looking
for.
.SH SEE ALSO
i2cset(8), i2cdetect(8), isadump(8)

Loading…
Cancel
Save