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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light index 28743647852..7071b8ba0af 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-parport-light @@ -1,11 +1,22 @@ Kernel driver i2c-parport-light -Author: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> +Author: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> This driver is a light version of i2c-parport. It doesn't depend on the parport driver, and uses direct I/O access instead. This might be -prefered on embedded systems where wasting memory for the clean but heavy +preferred on embedded systems where wasting memory for the clean but heavy parport handling is not an option. The drawback is a reduced portability and the impossibility to daisy-chain other parallel port devices. Please see i2c-parport for documentation. + +Module parameters: + +* type: type of adapter (see i2c-parport or modinfo) + +* base: base I/O address + Default is 0x378 which is fairly common for parallel ports, at least on PC. + +* irq: optional IRQ + This must be passed if you want SMBus alert support, assuming your adapter + actually supports this. |