8bit i2c register address

Hebbar, Gururaja gururaja.hebbar at ti.com
Thu Sep 27 01:22:37 EDT 2012


On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 19:28:45, mahalakshmi.m wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I am trying to send 8 bit register address using i2c_transfer.My code is
> as follows.
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> static int My_Read(void *dev, u8 reg, u32 len,
> 
>                                  u16 *data, u32 endian)
> 
> {
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>         struct i2c_client *client = dev;
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>         struct i2c_msg msg[2];
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>         u16 block_data;
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>         int ret, icnt;
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>         unsigned char u8_RetryCnt = 0;
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>         msg[0].addr = client->addr;
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>         msg[0].flags = client->flags & I2C_M_TEN;
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>         msg[0].len = 2;
> 
>         msg[0].buf = (char *)®

Here len is 2 which means i2c framework will send 2 bytes data from wherever buf is pointing
However in your code, bug points to reg which is char size. So it is sending incorrect data. 
If reg is actually a char size, then set len = 1 and try.

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>         msg[1].addr = client->addr;
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>         msg[1].flags = client->flags & I2C_M_TEN;
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>         msg[1].flags |= I2C_M_RD;
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>         msg[1].len = len ;
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>         msg[1].buf = (char *)data;
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>                 ret = i2c_transfer(client->adapter, msg, 2);
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> }
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> Where the register address ” reg”  is for example 0x08. I want to read a
> 8bit register address 0x08. 
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> My confusion is that since  i2c_msg structure has u16 is it possible to
> send 0x08.Will I need to send as 0x0008.
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>  
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> struct i2c_msg {
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>   __u16 addr;
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>   __u16 flags;
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> #define I2C_M_TEN              0x0010
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> #define I2C_M_RD               0x0001
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> #define I2C_M_NOSTART          0x4000
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> #define I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR     0x2000
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> #define I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK       0x1000
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> #define I2C_M_NO_RD_ACK               0x0800
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> #define I2C_M_RECV_LEN         0x0400
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>   __u16 len;
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>   __u8 * buf;
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> };  
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> Kindly provide ur views.
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> Thanks & Regards,
> 
> Maha
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Regards, 
Gururaja



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