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From: Tim Nelson <tnelson-f4DZ+GDyDBaakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
To: linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Winbond W83L604G
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:48:50 -0500 (CDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <21511805.221.1310161730242.JavaMail.root@zmail.rockbochs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110707182315.6e28f62a-R0o5gVi9kd7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>

----- Original Message -----
> Your binary->hex is correct, and the command as well, but the chip did
> not like the write for some reason. You should look at the kernel logs
> when it failed, there may be a hint. You could also just retry to
> check
> if this was maybe a transient error.
> 
> To test the reliability of the SMBus you could dump the whole register
> map:
> # i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
> and look for XX's.
> 

I'm seeing a *lot* of 'XX's present. Here are ten samples:

root@aaa:~# i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
No size specified (using byte-data access)
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: XX XX XX XX XX XX 00 XX 55 XX XX XX XX ff XX XX    XXXXXX.XUXXXX.XX
10: 3f XX XX XX 00 XX XX XX XX XX ff XX XX XX XX XX    ?XXX.XXXXX.XXXXX
20: 95 92 XX                                           ??X
root@aaa:~# i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
No size specified (using byte-data access)
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 55 XX XX XX XX ff XX XX    XXXXXXXXUXXXX.XX
10: XX XX 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX    XX.XXXXXXXXXXXXX
20: XX 92 XX                                           X?X
root@aaa:~# i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
No size specified (using byte-data access)
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: 9f 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX    ?.XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
10: XX XX XX 3f XX XX XX XX XX ff XX XX XX XX XX XX    XXX?XXXXX.XXXXXX
20: XX 92 XX                                           X?X
root@aaa:~# i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
No size specified (using byte-data access)
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: XX XX XX XX XX XX 00 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX    XXXXXX..XXXXXXXX
10: XX XX XX XX XX XX 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX ff ff ff    XXXXXX.XXXXXX...
20: XX XX XX                                           XXX
root@aaa:~# i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
No size specified (using byte-data access)
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: XX XX 00 ff XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX ff XX XX    XX..XXXXXXXXX.XX
10: XX XX 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX ff ff XX ff XX    XX.XXXXXXXX..X.X
20: XX XX XX                                           XXX
root@aaa:~# i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
No size specified (using byte-data access)
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: XX XX 00 XX 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX    XX.X.XXXXXXXXXXX
10: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX ff XX XX XX XX XX XX    XXXXXXXXX.XXXXXX
20: XX 92 XX                                           X?X
root@aaa:~# i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
No size specified (using byte-data access)
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: XX XX XX XX XX XX 00 00 XX XX XX XX XX ff XX XX    XXXXXX..XXXXX.XX
10: XX XX 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX ff XX ff XX XX    XX.XXXXXXXX.X.XX
20: 95 XX XX                                           ?XX
root@aaa:~# i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
No size specified (using byte-data access)
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: 9f XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 55 XX XX ff XX XX XX XX    ?XXXXXXXUXX.XXXX
10: XX 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX ff XX XX XX XX XX XX    X.XXXXXXX.XXXXXX
20: XX XX 00                                           XX.
root@aaa:~# i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
No size specified (using byte-data access)
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: XX XX XX XX 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX ff XX XX XX    XXXX.XXXXXXX.XXX
10: XX XX 00 XX 00 XX 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX ff XX XX    XX.X.X.XXXXXX.XX
20: XX XX XX                                           XXX
root@aaa:~# i2cdump -y -r 0x00-0x22 0 0x19
No size specified (using byte-data access)
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 9e XX XX ff XX XX XX    XXXXXXXXX?XX.XXX
10: XX 00 00 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX ff ff XX XX XX ff    X..XXXXXXX..XXX.
20: XX XX XX                                           XXX

What does this mean? Unstable SMBus?

--Tim

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-07-08 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-05 14:46 Winbond W83L604G Tim Nelson
     [not found] ` <30480104.171.1309877177809.JavaMail.root-N94c1vXlnCs/q/FG96+aB0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-05 14:59   ` Zhang, Shijie
     [not found]     ` <6D7A567890E70E4BA49B8A9B365980FA12D99C14BE-QQHDSDV1ERZpB2pF5aRoyrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-05 17:06       ` Tim Nelson
     [not found]         ` <8829587.204.1309885573653.JavaMail.root-N94c1vXlnCs/q/FG96+aB0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-06  7:03           ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]             ` <20110706090347.44bd4bbe-R0o5gVi9kd7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-06 14:40               ` Tim Nelson
     [not found]                 ` <20432649.84.1309963215499.JavaMail.root-N94c1vXlnCs/q/FG96+aB0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-06 15:05                   ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                     ` <20110706170531.2f3bed19-R0o5gVi9kd7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-06 15:10                       ` Tim Nelson
     [not found]                         ` <29201825.112.1309965025512.JavaMail.root-N94c1vXlnCs/q/FG96+aB0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-06 20:30                           ` Tim Nelson
     [not found]                             ` <13595453.330.1309984221608.JavaMail.root-N94c1vXlnCs/q/FG96+aB0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-07  6:43                               ` Michael Lawnick
2011-07-07  8:19                               ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                                 ` <20110707101931.18379a23-R0o5gVi9kd7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-07 15:32                                   ` Tim Nelson
     [not found]                                     ` <19430981.80.1310052758044.JavaMail.root-N94c1vXlnCs/q/FG96+aB0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-07 16:23                                       ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                                         ` <20110707182315.6e28f62a-R0o5gVi9kd7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-08 21:48                                           ` Tim Nelson [this message]
     [not found]                                             ` <21511805.221.1310161730242.JavaMail.root-N94c1vXlnCs/q/FG96+aB0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-09  7:23                                               ` Jean Delvare
     [not found]                                                 ` <20110709092334.566e6dcd-R0o5gVi9kd7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-11 17:31                                                   ` Tim Nelson
     [not found]                                                     ` <2607557.175.1310405514456.JavaMail.root-N94c1vXlnCs/q/FG96+aB0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2011-07-11 18:29                                                       ` Jean Delvare

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