Hi Mark, Sorry for the confusion. We don't expect the Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter to be incorporated into lm_sensors at all. As you correctly point out, that would not be wise. We just thought that our adapter would make a good debug tool, especially with the I2C bus monitor capabilities. If you are still interested, let me know. We'd be happy to send you an Aardvark adapter and a split cable to help you hook it up to a motherboard. Best Regards, -Derek On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 16:54, Mark Studebaker wrote: > thanks for the offer. > I briefly reviewed the information about the product on your website. > It is a USB device, correct? > > We'd like to know more about the software work required. > Must an i2c driver talk to the device through the "aardvark dll" > or will it work directly with the USB device? > Will the source for the DLL, or the API, be available and GPL'ed? > > All our drivers are kernel modules. I'm not sure it's feasible or wise > to try and interface to a binary userspace library from a kernel driver. > In fact I'm sure it isn't. > > If you could describe or sketch the SW and the interfaces, and what > software you'll be providing to us, and what you have in mind, > we'll then like to discuss further how best to get involved. > > thanks > mds > > > > Derek Fung wrote: > > Hi everyone on lm_sensors, > > > > My company, Total Phase, would like to make a donation to your cause. > > We make the Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter. It is one of the few > > fully cross-platform I2C host adapters on the market for Linux. > > > > I know that lm_sensors is geared primarily to access I2C-based > > sensors that are already on motherboards and not the development of > > de novo systems. But, we are sure that a Linux compatible I2C host > > adapter can help developers hack their hardware and see what's going > > on under the hood. > > > > We have just released a version 3.00 of our product. Some of the > > features that you guys might be interested in are: > > - I2C Bus Monitor > > - Rosetta Language Bindings for C/C++ and Python > > - Batch Scripting Capabilities in the GUI > > > > Please let us know where we can send this adapter. If you guys find > > it useful, we would appreciate a mention or a link on your website. > > > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > > > Best Regards, > > Derek > > -- Derek Fung Total Phase, Inc. http://www.totalphase.com/
