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SMBus Protocol Summary
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The following is a summary of the SMBus protocol. It applies to
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all revisions of the protocol (1.0, 1.1, and 2.0).
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Certain protocol features which are not supported by
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@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ this package are briefly described at the end of this document.
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Some adapters understand only the SMBus (System Management Bus) protocol,
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which is a subset from the I2C protocol. Fortunately, many devices use
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only the same subset, which makes it possible to put them on an SMBus.
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If you write a driver for some I2C device, please try to use the SMBus
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commands if at all possible (if the device uses only that subset of the
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I2C protocol). This makes it possible to use the device driver on both
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@@ -15,7 +17,12 @@ SMBus adapters and I2C adapters (the SMBus command set is automatically
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translated to I2C on I2C adapters, but plain I2C commands can not be
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handled at all on most pure SMBus adapters).
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-Below is a list of SMBus commands.
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+Below is a list of SMBus protocol operations, and the functions executing
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+them. Note that the names used in the SMBus protocol specifications usually
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+don't match these function names. For some of the operations which pass a
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+single data byte, the functions using SMBus protocol operation names execute
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+a different protocol operation entirely.
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Key to symbols
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@@ -35,17 +42,16 @@ Count (8 bits): A data byte containing the length of a block operation.
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[..]: Data sent by I2C device, as opposed to data sent by the host adapter.
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-SMBus Write Quick
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+SMBus Quick Command: i2c_smbus_write_quick()
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+=============================================
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This sends a single bit to the device, at the place of the Rd/Wr bit.
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-There is no equivalent Read Quick command.
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A Addr Rd/Wr [A] P
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-SMBus Read Byte
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-===============
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+SMBus Receive Byte: i2c_smbus_read_byte()
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+==========================================
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This reads a single byte from a device, without specifying a device
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register. Some devices are so simple that this interface is enough; for
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S Addr Rd [A] [Data] NA P
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-SMBus Write Byte
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-================
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+SMBus Send Byte: i2c_smbus_write_byte()
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+========================================
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-This is the reverse of Read Byte: it sends a single byte to a device.
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-See Read Byte for more information.
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+This operation is the reverse of Receive Byte: it sends a single byte
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+to a device. See Receive Byte for more information.
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S Addr Wr [A] Data [A] P
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-SMBus Read Byte Data
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+SMBus Read Byte: i2c_smbus_read_byte_data()
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+============================================
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This reads a single byte from a device, from a designated register.
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The register is specified through the Comm byte.
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S Addr Wr [A] Comm [A] S Addr Rd [A] [Data] NA P
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-SMBus Read Word Data
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-====================
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+SMBus Read Word: i2c_smbus_read_word_data()
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+============================================
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-This command is very like Read Byte Data; again, data is read from a
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+This operation is very like Read Byte; again, data is read from a
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device, from a designated register that is specified through the Comm
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byte. But this time, the data is a complete word (16 bits).
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S Addr Wr [A] Comm [A] S Addr Rd [A] [DataLow] A [DataHigh] NA P
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-SMBus Write Byte Data
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-=====================
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+SMBus Write Byte: i2c_smbus_write_byte_data()
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+==============================================
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This writes a single byte to a device, to a designated register. The
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register is specified through the Comm byte. This is the opposite of
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-the Read Byte Data command.
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+the Read Byte operation.
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S Addr Wr [A] Comm [A] Data [A] P
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-SMBus Write Word Data
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-=====================
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+SMBus Write Word: i2c_smbus_write_word_data()
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+==============================================
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-This is the opposite operation of the Read Word Data command. 16 bits
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+This is the opposite of the Read Word operation. 16 bits
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of data is written to a device, to the designated register that is
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specified through the Comm byte.
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S Addr Rd [A] [DataLow] A [DataHigh] NA P
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-SMBus Block Read
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+SMBus Block Read: i2c_smbus_read_block_data()
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+==============================================
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This command reads a block of up to 32 bytes from a device, from a
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designated register that is specified through the Comm byte. The amount
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S Addr Rd [A] [Count] A [Data] A [Data] A ... A [Data] NA P
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-SMBus Block Write
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-=================
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+SMBus Block Write: i2c_smbus_write_block_data()
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+================================================
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The opposite of the Block Read command, this writes up to 32 bytes to
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a device, to a designated register that is specified through the
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S Addr Wr [A] Comm [A] Count [A] Data [A] Data [A] ... [A] Data [A] P
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-SMBus Block Process Call
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+SMBus Block Write - Block Read Process Call
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+===========================================
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-SMBus Block Process Call was introduced in Revision 2.0 of the specification.
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+SMBus Block Write - Block Read Process Call was introduced in
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+Revision 2.0 of the specification.
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This command selects a device register (through the Comm byte), sends
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1 to 31 bytes of data to it, and reads 1 to 31 bytes of data in return.
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Packet Error Checking (PEC)
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===========================
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Packet Error Checking was introduced in Revision 1.1 of the specification.
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-PEC adds a CRC-8 error-checking byte to all transfers.
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+PEC adds a CRC-8 error-checking byte to transfers using it, immediately
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+before the terminating STOP.
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Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
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The Address Resolution Protocol was introduced in Revision 2.0 of
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the specification. It is a higher-layer protocol which uses the
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messages above.
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I2C Block Transactions
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The following I2C block transactions are supported by the
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SMBus layer and are described here for completeness.
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+They are *NOT* defined by the SMBus specification.
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I2C block transactions do not limit the number of bytes transferred
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but the SMBus layer places a limit of 32 bytes.
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-I2C Block Read
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-==============
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+I2C Block Read: i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data()
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+================================================
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This command reads a block of bytes from a device, from a
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designated register that is specified through the Comm byte.
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S Addr Rd [A] [Data] A [Data] A ... A [Data] NA P
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-I2C Block Write
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-===============
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+I2C Block Write: i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data()
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+==================================================
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The opposite of the Block Read command, this writes bytes to
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a device, to a designated register that is specified through the
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supported as they are indistinguishable from data.
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S Addr Wr [A] Comm [A] Data [A] Data [A] ... [A] Data [A] P
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