Re: [PATCH v3] i2c-tools: add new tool 'i2ctransfer'

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Wed Mar 15 2017 - 11:59:34 EST


On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:41:35PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This tool allows to construct and concat multiple I2C messages into one
> single transfer. Its aim is to test I2C master controllers, and so there
> is no SMBus fallback.
>
> I've been missing such a tool a number of times now, so I finally got
> around to writing it myself. As with all I2C tools, it can be dangerous,
> but it can also be very useful when developing.
>
> It has been tested with various Renesas I2C IP cores as well as Tegra,
> i.MX and AT91.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I think we can do further changes incrementally now. So, I fixed two
more typos and an ugly linebreak and committed this tool to i2c-tools
master branch. This should increase the visibility of the tool and
encourage further testing. I'd still appreciate a review by Jean, yet I
think it has a bit more time until the next release of the tools.
Although, unsurprisingly, I'd like to see this happen more soonish as
well ;)

Thanks for all the encouragement,

Wolfram

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