Re: Introducing libi2cd

Wolfram Sang
2021-09-21T07:07:52Z

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Hi Steven,

On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 02:19:17PM -0500, Steven Stallion wrote:
> All,
>
> Over the years, I've had the (mis)fortune of needing to write various
> I2C userspace drivers. I've long enjoyed working with the i2c-dev uAPI,
> but it does lead to a bit of repetitive code between projects and
> testing system calls is cumbersome at best. I had some extra time this
> summer to put together a small library in a similar vein to libgpiod to
> help with these issues.
>
> I was curious if there was any appetite for having these sources hosted
> on kernel.org to reach a wider audience? I'd appreciate any feedback the
> list may have!
>
> If you're still interested, here is the introductory bit from the
> README:
>
> libi2cd provides a simple and straightforward API for accessing I2C
> devices from userspace. It relies on the i2c-dev Linux kernel module and
> is intended to complement existing tools and libraries, such as those
> provided by i2c-tools. The design for libi2cd was inspired by libgpiod;
> it provides both high- and low-level access to the underlying ioctl
> requests and has no dependencies apart from the standard C library.
>
> The project is licensed under the LGPL-2.1 and can be found on GitHub:
> https://github.com/sstallion/libi2cd
>
> API documentation can also be found on GitHub Pages:
> https://sstallion.github.io/libi2cd/

Thank you for this work and the heads up. I'll CC Jean Delvare who
implemented the library in i2c-tools to raise his attention.

Happy hacking,

Wolfram

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