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| 3 | = Linux I2C access = |
| 4 | You can not use standard read/write ioctl's on I2C devices because these devices do not pertain to a specific I2C slave device but instead an I2C controller. |
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| 6 | The Linux kernel API for i2c devices can be found here: |
| 7 | * https://lxr.missinglinkelectronics.com/linux/include/uapi/linux/i2c-dev.h - ioctl API |
| 8 | * https://lxr.missinglinkelectronics.com/linux/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface - documentation |
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| 10 | For example code take a look at the i2cget source from the [https://github.com/suapapa/i2c-tools/blob/android/tools/i2cget.c i2c-tools package]. This source contains a commonly used userspace header file (i2c-dev.h) that provides i2c_smbus_* functions that you can use. |