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Re: HELP : SUPPORT FOR A91SAM7X256


>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Deconinck <t.deconinck@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Tom,

Tom> The i2c peripheral is not supported, I wrote a driver for it a couple
Tom> of months ago, but I changed jobs since and I don't think my previous
Tom> employer will be pushing it upstream any time soon.

You never know ;)

Tom> Be aware that the hardware implementation of i2c (or TWI interface) is
Tom> kinda tricky (in Tx mode, you need to be able to get data to it fast
Tom> enough!)

Yeah, the I2C core is pretty broken. That's also why they are removing
the Linux driver and telling people to use the bitbang driver instead:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.i2c/2234

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard


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