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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/slave-interface.rst b/Documentation/i2c/slave-interface.rst index 82ea3e1d6fe4..3f0d320bc80a 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/slave-interface.rst +++ b/Documentation/i2c/slave-interface.rst @@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ User manual =========== I2C slave backends behave like standard I2C clients. So, you can instantiate -them as described in the document 'instantiating-devices'. The only difference -is that i2c slave backends have their own address space. So, you have to add -0x1000 to the address you would originally request. An example for +them as described in the document instantiating-devices.rst. The only +difference is that i2c slave backends have their own address space. So, you +have to add 0x1000 to the address you would originally request. An example for instantiating the slave-eeprom driver from userspace at the 7 bit address 0x64 on bus 1:: @@ -72,12 +72,15 @@ Event types: 'val': unused - 'ret': always 0 + 'ret': 0 if the backend is ready, otherwise some errno Another I2C master wants to write data to us. This event should be sent once our own address and the write bit was detected. The data did not arrive yet, so -there is nothing to process or return. Wakeup or initialization probably needs -to be done, though. +there is nothing to process or return. After returning, the bus driver must +always ack the address phase. If 'ret' is zero, backend initialization or +wakeup is done and further data may be received. If 'ret' is an errno, the bus +driver should nack all incoming bytes until the next stop condition to enforce +a retry of the transmission. * I2C_SLAVE_READ_REQUESTED (mandatory) |