On Monday 02 February 2009 10:34, Getcho Getchev wrote: > Greetings, > I am trying to control the PV143N watchdog via bttv driver under linux > kernel 2.6.24.3. > According to the specification the watchdog is located at address > 0x56, subaddress 0x01. > However when I try to write something (a value of 0, 1 or 2) on that > address I get NACK result. > I am using i2c_master_send() function and software bitbanging > algorithm, implemented in bttv-i2c.c > At the beginning I suspected the SCL line (the clock for the > communication must be set at 100 KHz) but when I saw the delay time is > 5 microseconds I realized the period is 10 microseconds which makes > 100 KHz. I tried to write the same data on address 0x2B and I > succeeded (although I do not know what is there on that address) so it That really sounds like a common i2c miss-understanding. Linux kernel i2c functions use only the 7bit address part of the i2c address. So it sounds like your device has address 0x56 for writing and 0x57 for reading. (is this correct?) Now you give i2c_master_send or i2c_transfer the 7bit part, 0x56 >> 1, and that is 0x2B. Regards Matthias -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
