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3.3 KiB
84 lines
3.3 KiB
.TH I2CDUMP 8 "May 2008"
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.SH NAME
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i2cdump \- examine I2C registers
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B i2cdump
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.RB [ -f ]
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.RB [ "-r first-last" ]
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.RB [ -y ]
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.I i2cbus
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.I address
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.RI [ "mode " [ "bank " [ bankreg ]]]
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.br
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.B i2cdump
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.B -V
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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i2cdump is a small helper program to examine registers
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visible through the I2C bus.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B -V
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Display the version and exit.
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.TP
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.B -f
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Force access to the device even if it is already busy. By default, i2cdump
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will refuse to access a device which is already under the control of a
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kernel driver. Using this flag is dangerous, it can seriously confuse the
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kernel driver in question. It can also cause i2cdump to return invalid
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results. So use at your own risk and only if you know what you're doing.
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.TP
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.B -r first-last
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Limit the range of registers being accessed. This option is only available
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with modes \fBb\fP, \fBw\fP, \fBc\fP and \fBW\fP. For mode \fBW\fP,
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\fBfirst\fR must be even and \fBlast\fR must be odd.
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.TP
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.B -y
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Disable interactive mode. By default, i2cdump will wait for a confirmation
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from the user before messing with the I2C bus. When this flag is used, it
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will perform the operation directly. This is mainly meant to be used in
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scripts.
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.PP
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At least two options must be provided to i2cdump. \fIi2cbus\fR indicates the
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number or name of the I2C bus to be scanned. This number should correspond to one
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of the busses listed by \fIi2cdetect -l\fR. \fIaddress\fR indicates the
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address to be scanned on that bus, and is an integer between 0x03 and 0x77.
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.PP
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The \fImode\fR parameter, if specified, is one of the letters \fBb\fP, \fBw\fP,
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\fBs\fP, or \fBi\fP, corresponding to a read size of a single byte, a 16-bit
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word, an SMBus block, an I2C block, respectively. The \fBc\fP mode is a
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little different, it reads all bytes consecutively, and is useful for chips that
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have an address auto-increment feature, such as EEPROMs. The \fBW\fP mode is
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also special, it is similar to \fBw\fP except that a read command will only
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be issued on even register addresses; this is again mainly useful for EEPROMs.
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.PP
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A \fBp\fP can also be appended to the \fImode\fR parameter (except for
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\fBi\fP and \fBW\fP) to enable PEC. If the \fImode\fR parameter is omitted,
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i2cdump defaults to byte access without PEC.
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.PP
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The \fIbank\fR and \fIbankreg\fR parameters are useful on the W83781D and
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similar chips (at the time of writing, all Winbond and Asus chips).
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\fIbank\fR is an integer between 0 and 7, and \fIbankreg\fR is an integer
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between 0x00 and 0xFF (default value: 0x4E). The W83781D data sheet has more
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information on bank selection.
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.SH WARNING
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i2cdump can be dangerous if used improperly. Most notably, the \fBc\fP mode
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starts with WRITING a byte to the chip. On most chips it will be stored in the
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address pointer register, which is OK, but some chips with a single register
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or no (visible) register at all will most likely see this as a real WRITE,
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resulting in possible misbehavior or corruption. Do not use i2cdump
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on random addresses. Anyway, it is of little use unless you have good
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knowledge of the chip you're working with and an idea of what you are looking
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for.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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i2cset(8), i2cdetect(8), isadump(8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Frodo Looijaard, Mark D. Studebaker and Jean Delvare
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This manual page was originally written by David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org> for
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the Debian GNU/Linux system.
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