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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.