From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mds@paradyne.com (Mark D. Studebaker ) Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 06:24:02 +0000 Subject: New i2c driver for ETX-mgx board from Kontron Message-Id: <3EFCECF5.3090303@paradyne.com> List-Id: References: <1056749667.1873.35.camel@linux.local> In-Reply-To: <1056749667.1873.35.camel@linux.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org It could be a good example for embedded folks, so send it over, why not. thanks Bob Weber wrote: > Hello Mark. > > The Kontron board is an x86-based board designed for embedded > applications. Most of what I read on the website seems geared towards > PCs, but i2c is big in the embedded world, and I'd personally like to > see such drivers supported on the website too. > > If you'll put it on the website, I'll send you the file and patches. I > think someone would find it useful. But, it is not really a general > interest board. Let me know what you think. > > - Bob > > On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 16:41, Mark D. Studebaker wrote: > >>You can contribute by sending us a patch against CVS or against a 2.5 kernel. >>See also doc/developers/new-drivers in lm_sensors. >>However if the driver is not of general interest >>(I myself have never heard of Kontron, and GPIO bit-banger drivers >>are generally non-standard) then it may not be worth >>putting into CVS or the kernel. >> >> >>Bob Weber wrote: >> >>>Hello. I recently wrote (ported, actually) an i2c driver for the ETX-mgx >>>board from Kontron. This board uses a Winbond chip for I/O. The I2c >>>driver bit-bangs a couple I/O pins. >>> >>>How do I contribute this to the lm_sensors project? Besides the driver, >>>I modified Config.in and Makefile in the kernel drivers directory, and >>>i2c-id.h in the include/linux directory. >>> >>>- Bob Weber >>> R&B Embedded Technologies >>> email: bweber@imsconsultants.com >>> email: rjweber@ieee.org >>> >>> >> >> >