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diff --git a/share/man/man4/iicbus.4 b/share/man/man4/iicbus.4 deleted file mode 100644 index f45943a488d1b..0000000000000 --- a/share/man/man4/iicbus.4 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,108 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1998, Nicolas Souchu -.\" All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" -.Dd August 6, 1998 -.Dt IICBUS 4 -.Os FreeBSD -.Sh NAME -.Nm iicbus -.Nd -I2C bus system -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Cd "controller iicbus0" -.Cd "controller iicbb0" -.Pp -.Cd "device iic0 at iicbus?" -.Cd "device ic0 at iicbus?" -.Cd "device iicsmb0 at iicbus?" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Em iicbus -system provides a uniform, modular and architecture-independent -system for the implementation of drivers to control various I2C devices -and to utilize different I2C controllers. -.Sh I2C -I2C is an acronym for Inter Integrated Circuit bus. The I2C bus was developed -in the early 1980's by Philips semiconductors. It's purpose was to provide an -easy way to connect a CPU to peripheral chips in a TV-set. -.Pp -The BUS physically consists of 2 active wires and a ground connection. -The active wires, SDA and SCL, are both bidirectional. Where SDA is the -Serial DAta line and SCL is the Serial CLock line. - -Every component hooked up to the bus has its own unique address whether it -is a CPU, LCD driver, memory, or complex function chip. Each of these chips -can act as a receiver and/or transmitter depending on it's functionality. -Obviously an LCD driver is only a receiver, while a memory or I/O chip can -both be transmitter and receiver. Furthermore there may be one or -more BUS MASTER's. - -The BUS MASTER is the chip issuing the commands on the BUS. In the I2C protocol -specification it is stated that the IC that initiates a data transfer on the -bus is considered the BUS MASTER. At that time all the others are regarded to -as the BUS SLAVEs. As mentioned before, the IC bus is a Multi-MASTER BUS. -This means that more than one IC capable of initiating data transfer can be -connected to it. -.Sh DEVICES -Some I2C device drivers are available: -.Pp -.Bl -column "Device drivers" -compact -.It Em Devices Ta Em Description -.It Sy iic Ta "general i/o operation" -.It Sy ic Ta "network IP interface" -.It Sy iicsmb Ta "I2C to SMB software bridge" -.El -.Sh INTERFACES -The I2C protocol may be implemented by hardware or software. Software -interfaces rely on very simple hardware, usually two lines -twiddled by 2 registers. Hardware interfaces are more intelligent and receive -8-bit characters they write to the bus according to the I2C protocol. - -I2C interfaces may act on the bus as slave devices, allowing spontaneous -bidirectional communications, thanks to the mutli-master capabilities of the -I2C protocol. - -Some I2C interfaces are available: -.Pp -.Bl -column "Interface drivers" -compact -.It Em Interface Ta Em Description -.It Sy pcf Ta "Philips PCF8584 master/slave interface" -.It Sy iicbb Ta "generic bit-banging master-only driver" -.It Sy lpbb Ta "parallel port specific bit-banging interface" -.It Sy bktr Ta "Brooktree848 video chipset, hardware and software master-only interface" -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr pcf 4 , -.Xr iicbb 4 , -.Xr lpbb 4 -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm -manual page first appeared in -.Fx 3.0 . -.Sh AUTHOR -This -manual page was written by -.An Nicolas Souchu . |
