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Date:      Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:09:47 -0500
From:      Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: i2c on Pi3?
Message-ID:  <1b44d729-eb76-782f-ba8b-d727e18dfd5a@denninger.net>
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On 3/24/2017 14:44, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote:
> Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) wrote:
>> On 3/24/2017 13:56, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote:
>>> Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) wrote:
>>>> On 3/23/2017 12:53, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote:
>>>>> Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) wrote:
>>>>>> On 3/23/2017 12:34, John Howie wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Karl,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can only speak to the Raspberry Pi 2 kernel, but I2C is support=
ed. For an example how to use it from userland, check out a project I pos=
ted on github eighteen months ago, that was for the PiFace RTC.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://github.com/jhowie/FreeBSDPiFaceRTC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are useful routines I created for working with devices on t=
he I2C bus, which you are free to use. They are not RPI2-specific, so the=
y should work on other boards.=20
>>>>> .. skipped ..
>>>>>> It works on the Pi2; I am using it in production.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The driver appears to be /missing /in the Pi3 kernel.
>>>>> Probably it's not enabled in DTB. Try adding this line to config.tx=
t:
>>>>>
>>>>> dtparam=3Di2c_arm=3Don,spi=3Don
>>>>>
>>>> Nope, already in the base config.txt file:
>>>>
>>>> arm_control=3D0x200
>>>> dtparam=3Daudio=3Don,i2c_arm=3Don,spi=3Don
>>>> dtoverlay=3Dmmc
>>>> dtoverlay=3Dpi3-disable-bt
>>>> device_tree_address=3D0x4000
>>>> kernel=3Du-boot.bin
>>> I just built latest HEAD, i2c driver is available in GENERIC kernel:
>>> # dmesg | grep iic
>>> iichb0: <BCM2708/2835 BSC controller> mem 0x7e804000-0x7e804fff irq 3=
1
>>> on simplebus0
>>> iicbus0: <OFW I2C bus> on iichb0
>>> random: harvesting attach, 8 bytes (4 bits) from iicbus0
>>> random: harvesting attach, 8 bytes (4 bits) from iichb0
>>>
>>> The driver itself is sys/arm/broadcom/bcm2835/bcm2835_bsc.c
>>>
>>> Could you run this command on your Pi3 and send output? Thanks
>>>
>>>  sysctl -b hw.fdt.dtb | dtc -I dtb | grep -A 13 'i2c@.*{'
>>>
>> I have a copy of Generic with a couple of tweaks in it; I DO NOT get t=
he
>> iic identifiers.
>>
>> Here's what I have in the dtb; I will svn update and rebuild with
>> GENERIC (don't see why the tweaks would change anything, but will try
>> with GENERIC anyway and see if anything changes.
> Looks like DTB in your firmware is different from what I have (my is
> relatively old). Try applying this patch to your kernel:
>
> https://people.freebsd.org/~gonzo/arm/patches/rpi3-bcm2835-i2c.diff
>

OK, that fixed it with "device iic" added to the kernel config (which is
NOT in GENERIC)

Can we get that one-liner committed in -HEAD and "device iic" added to
GENERIC?  (There's no particular reason for it not to be there I don't
think.... without it the device nodes do not get set up and while the
device might be recognized getting to it is a bit of a problem!)


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