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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x deleted file mode 100644 index 0b979f3252a4..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -Kernel driver i2c-sis96x - -Replaces 2.4.x i2c-sis645 - -Supported adapters: - * Silicon Integrated Systems Corp (SiS) - Any combination of these host bridges: - 645, 645DX (aka 646), 648, 650, 651, 655, 735, 745, 746 - and these south bridges: - 961, 962, 963(L) - -Author: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com> - -Description ------------ - -This SMBus only driver is known to work on motherboards with the above -named chipset combinations. The driver was developed without benefit of a -proper datasheet from SiS. The SMBus registers are assumed compatible with -those of the SiS630, although they are located in a completely different -place. Thanks to Alexander Malysh <amalysh@web.de> for providing the -SiS630 datasheet (and driver). - -The command "lspci" as root should produce something like these lines: - -00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0645 -00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513 -00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016 - -or perhaps this... - -00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0645 -00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0961 -00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016 - -(kernel versions later than 2.4.18 may fill in the "Unknown"s) - -If you can't see it please look on quirk_sis_96x_smbus -(drivers/pci/quirks.c) (also if southbridge detection fails) - -I suspect that this driver could be made to work for the following SiS -chipsets as well: 635, and 635T. If anyone owns a board with those chips -AND is willing to risk crashing & burning an otherwise well-behaved kernel -in the name of progress... please contact me at <mhoffman@lightlink.com> or -via the linux-i2c mailing list: <linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org>. Please send bug -reports and/or success stories as well. - - -TO DOs ------- - -* The driver does not support SMBus block reads/writes; I may add them if a -scenario is found where they're needed. - - -Thank You ---------- - -Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> - - design hints and bug fixes -Alexander Maylsh <amalysh@web.de> - - ditto, plus an important datasheet... almost the one I really wanted -Hans-Günter Lütke Uphues <hg_lu@t-online.de> - - patch for SiS735 -Robert Zwerus <arzie@dds.nl> - - testing for SiS645DX -Kianusch Sayah Karadji <kianusch@sk-tech.net> - - patch for SiS645DX/962 -Ken Healy - - patch for SiS655 - -To anyone else who has written w/ feedback, thanks! - |