Re: Possible clarification in man pages for i2cget, i2cset (i2c-tools package)

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Hello Robert,

On 21 July 2017 at 14:31,  <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Not sure if this represents a trivial error appropriate for this list, but
> in
> the current man page for "i2cget" (and "i2cset" as well), the valid values
> for
> an I2C device address are given as 0x03->0x77.
>
>   Actually, I2C device addresses of the form 0x00001XX (0x04->0x07) are
> reserved
> to identify high-speed master code:
>
>   https://www.i2c-bus.org/highspeed/
>
> so *regular* I2C device addresses fall in the range 0x08->0x77. I don't know
> if
> it's worth clarifying that pedantic detail.

You'll need to contact the maintainer of the package that provides
those man pages. I have nothing to do with them ;-).

Cheers,

Michael



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