X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fi2c%2Fdev-interface;h=b849ad63658378702cd2f2d1b952e0a4b4682ae7;hb=489de30259e667d7bc47da9da44a0270b050cd97;hp=a78ea62506ee1e17976dcad132b386ca0418bb8c;hpb=a68e2f4895070f3a449bfe5ae1174b73cc900642;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface b/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface index a78ea62506..b849ad6365 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface +++ b/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface @@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ C example ========= So let's say you want to access an i2c adapter from a C program. The -first thing to do is `#include " and "#include . -Yes, I know, you should never include kernel header files, but until glibc -knows about i2c, there is not much choice. +first thing to do is "#include ". Please note that +there are two files named "i2c-dev.h" out there, one is distributed +with the Linux kernel and is meant to be included from kernel +driver code, the other one is distributed with lm_sensors and is +meant to be included from user-space programs. You obviously want +the second one here. Now, you have to decide which adapter you want to access. You should inspect /sys/class/i2c-dev/ to decide this. Adapter numbers are assigned @@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ Full interface description ========================== The following IOCTLs are defined and fully supported -(see also i2c-dev.h and i2c.h): +(see also i2c-dev.h): ioctl(file,I2C_SLAVE,long addr) Change slave address. The address is passed in the 7 lower bits of the