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-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/i2c-sysfs.rst24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst6
4 files changed, 27 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst
index b2092f8f815d..df0febfe6410 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-protocol.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
The I2C Protocol
================
-This document describes the I2C protocol. Or will, when it is finished :-)
+This document is an overview of the basic I2C transactions and the kernel
+APIs to perform them.
Key to symbols
==============
@@ -12,13 +13,9 @@ S Start condition
P Stop condition
Rd/Wr (1 bit) Read/Write bit. Rd equals 1, Wr equals 0.
A, NA (1 bit) Acknowledge (ACK) and Not Acknowledge (NACK) bit
-Addr (7 bits) I2C 7 bit address. Note that this can be expanded as usual to
+Addr (7 bits) I2C 7 bit address. Note that this can be expanded to
get a 10 bit I2C address.
-Comm (8 bits) Command byte, a data byte which often selects a register on
- the device.
-Data (8 bits) A plain data byte. Sometimes, I write DataLow, DataHigh
- for 16 bit data.
-Count (8 bits) A data byte containing the length of a block operation.
+Data (8 bits) A plain data byte.
[..] Data sent by I2C device, as opposed to data sent by the
host adapter.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-sysfs.rst b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-sysfs.rst
index 6b68b95cd427..78c54c658fa1 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/i2c-sysfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/i2c-sysfs.rst
@@ -51,11 +51,10 @@ Google Pixel 3 phone for example::
``i2c-2`` is an I2C bus whose number is 2, and ``2-0049`` is an I2C device
on bus 2 address 0x49 bound with a kernel driver.
-Terminologies
-=============
+Terminology
+===========
-First, let us define a couple of terminologies to avoid confusions in the later
-sections.
+First, let us define some terms to avoid confusion in later sections.
(Physical) I2C Bus Controller
-----------------------------
@@ -100,9 +99,7 @@ Caveat
This may be a confusing part for people who only know about the physical I2C
design of a board. It is actually possible to rename the I2C bus physical number
to a different number in logical I2C bus level in Device Tree Source (DTS) under
-section ``aliases``. See
-`arch/arm/boot/dts/nuvoton-npcm730-gsj.dts
-<../../arch/arm/boot/dts/nuvoton-npcm730-gsj.dts>`_
+section ``aliases``. See ``arch/arm/boot/dts/nuvoton-npcm730-gsj.dts``
for an example of DTS file.
Best Practice: **(To kernel software developers)** It is better to keep the I2C
@@ -117,7 +114,7 @@ Walk through Logical I2C Bus
For the following content, we will use a more complex I2C topology as an
example. Here is a brief graph for the I2C topology. If you do not understand
-this graph at the first glance, do not be afraid to continue reading this doc
+this graph at first glance, do not be afraid to continue reading this doc
and review it when you finish reading.
::
@@ -290,8 +287,7 @@ MUX channel 0, and all the way to ``i2c-19`` for the MUX channel 3.
The kernel software developer is able to pin the fanout MUX channels to a static
logical I2C bus number in the DTS. This doc will not go through the details on
how to implement this in DTS, but we can see an example in:
-`arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-facebook-wedge400.dts
-<../../arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-facebook-wedge400.dts>`_
+``arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-bmc-facebook-wedge400.dts``
In the above example, there is an 8-channel I2C MUX at address 0x70 on physical
I2C bus 2. The channel 2 of the MUX is defined as ``imux18`` in DTS,
@@ -383,13 +379,9 @@ Sysfs for the I2C sensor device::
For more info on the Hwmon Sysfs, refer to the doc:
-`Naming and data format standards for sysfs files
-<../hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst>`_
+../hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst
Instantiate I2C Devices in I2C Sysfs
------------------------------------
-Refer to the doc:
-
-`How to instantiate I2C devices, Method 4: Instantiate from user-space
-<instantiating-devices.rst#method-4-instantiate-from-user-space>`_
+Refer to section "Method 4: Instantiate from user-space" of instantiating-devices.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst b/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst
index 890c9360ce19..3ea056a95812 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Declare the I2C devices via devicetree
On platforms using devicetree, the declaration of I2C devices is done in
subnodes of the master controller.
-Example::
+Example:
+
+.. code-block:: dts
i2c1: i2c@400a0000 {
/* ... master properties skipped ... */
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ code. Instantiating I2C devices via board files is done with an array of
struct i2c_board_info which is registered by calling
i2c_register_board_info().
-Example (from omap2 h4)::
+Example (from omap2 h4):
+
+.. code-block:: c
static struct i2c_board_info h4_i2c_board_info[] __initdata = {
{
@@ -111,7 +115,9 @@ bus in advance, so the method 1 described above can't be used. Instead,
you can instantiate your I2C devices explicitly. This is done by filling
a struct i2c_board_info and calling i2c_new_client_device().
-Example (from the sfe4001 network driver)::
+Example (from the sfe4001 network driver):
+
+.. code-block:: c
static struct i2c_board_info sfe4001_hwmon_info = {
I2C_BOARD_INFO("max6647", 0x4e),
@@ -136,7 +142,9 @@ it may have different addresses from one board to the next (manufacturer
changing its design without notice). In this case, you can call
i2c_new_scanned_device() instead of i2c_new_client_device().
-Example (from the nxp OHCI driver)::
+Example (from the nxp OHCI driver):
+
+.. code-block:: c
static const unsigned short normal_i2c[] = { 0x2c, 0x2d, I2C_CLIENT_END };
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst b/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst
index 00d8e17d0aca..4942c4cad4ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol.rst
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ Sr Repeated start condition, used to switch from write to
P Stop condition
Rd/Wr (1 bit) Read/Write bit. Rd equals 1, Wr equals 0.
A, NA (1 bit) Acknowledge (ACK) and Not Acknowledge (NACK) bit
-Addr (7 bits) I2C 7 bit address. Note that this can be expanded as usual to
+Addr (7 bits) I2C 7 bit address. Note that this can be expanded to
get a 10 bit I2C address.
Comm (8 bits) Command byte, a data byte which often selects a register on
the device.
-Data (8 bits) A plain data byte. Sometimes, I write DataLow, DataHigh
- for 16 bit data.
+Data (8 bits) A plain data byte. DataLow and DataHigh represent the low and
+ high byte of a 16 bit word.
Count (8 bits) A data byte containing the length of a block operation.
[..] Data sent by I2C device, as opposed to data sent by the host