Installation: 90% complete - fiberglassing
EPIA M10000 - 512Mb - 20GB
Lilliput 7" TS - Opus 150W PCB - DLink USB Radio - slim CD-ROM - SoundBlaster MP3+ - not so crappy 40x4 Amp - BU303 GPS (waiting for) - BT support
Thanks BeamRider but rando has already looked into that. It's not exactly what we are looking for. We tend to belive that VIA is misleading when using the name "I2C" for that port and that the underlying controller (VT1211) supports only the SMBus command subset.
We're investigating though and we could use all the help we can get. That means that if someone has an "inside" VIA connection we could use his/hers help.
@Beamrider: That code is essentially a port of the i2c-viapro driver from the Linux LM-Sensors project (now integrated with most Linux Kernel distros). It implements an SMBus client library on top of the SMBus host controller inside the M10k. It's basically the code I was referring to in the original post #1.
What we're looking for is some code or documents that describe the I2C host controller -- if it exists at all.
@Seth: If I understand things correctly, the VT1211 is not the underlying I2C host adapter. Rather it's an I2C sensor client. At least in the SMBus case, the Southbridge implements the host adapter. I guess it's possible the VT1211 also implements a I2C host adapter but perusing the Linux drivers for that chip doesn't suggest that's the case.
I realize what you are doing. But I believe from the literature that I've readOriginally Posted by rando
that you will not be able to use the i2c port on the M10K. Thus to test your
chips you will need an alternate interface to work with during initial test.
I was trying to help you find the most efficient route for doing so.
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From what I've seen so far, I agree. But I cannot be certain without additional information. Can you provide a reference to this literature? Thanks for the help ... post whore.
Yeah you're right. My bad. Too much vt's in my head it's kinda....confusing...lol
Just the crap that comes up on google.From what I've seen so far, I agree. But I cannot be certain without additional information. Can you provide a reference to this literature? Thanks for the help ... post whore.
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Well don't lose sleep over it or anything dude....
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I'm going to interpret that as a definitive, "I don't know."
Based on the lack of informative responses from VIA, Google, and this thread; I went ahead and coded up a simple parallel port bit banging I2C host adapter implemenation. I should get it tested with my CMPS03 compass module tomorrow. If all goes well then we will have officially changed direction (again) for the initial testing of our radios. The good news is, you won't need an M10k to test -- you won't even need to open your computer. Just plug it into a bidirectional parallel port and go.
Better get those boards fab'd soon Seth.
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