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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro deleted file mode 100644 index ab64ce21c254..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -Kernel driver i2c-viapro - -Supported adapters: - * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596A/B - Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website - - * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686A/B - Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website - - * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A - Datasheet: available on request from VIA - - * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235, VT8237R, VT8237A, VT8237S, VT8251 - Datasheet: available on request and under NDA from VIA - - * VIA Technologies, Inc. CX700 - Datasheet: available on request and under NDA from VIA - - * VIA Technologies, Inc. VX800/VX820 - Datasheet: available on http://linux.via.com.tw - - * VIA Technologies, Inc. VX855/VX875 - Datasheet: available on http://linux.via.com.tw - - * VIA Technologies, Inc. VX900 - Datasheet: available on http://linux.via.com.tw - -Authors: - Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, - Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>, - Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - -Module Parameters ------------------ - -* force: int - Forcibly enable the SMBus controller. DANGEROUS! -* force_addr: int - Forcibly enable the SMBus at the given address. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! - -Description ------------ - -i2c-viapro is a true SMBus host driver for motherboards with one of the -supported VIA south bridges. - -Your lspci -n listing must show one of these : - - device 1106:3050 (VT82C596A function 3) - device 1106:3051 (VT82C596B function 3) - device 1106:3057 (VT82C686 function 4) - device 1106:3074 (VT8233) - device 1106:3147 (VT8233A) - device 1106:8235 (VT8231 function 4) - device 1106:3177 (VT8235) - device 1106:3227 (VT8237R) - device 1106:3337 (VT8237A) - device 1106:3372 (VT8237S) - device 1106:3287 (VT8251) - device 1106:8324 (CX700) - device 1106:8353 (VX800/VX820) - device 1106:8409 (VX855/VX875) - device 1106:8410 (VX900) - -If none of these show up, you should look in the BIOS for settings like -enable ACPI / SMBus or even USB. - -Except for the oldest chips (VT82C596A/B, VT82C686A and most probably -VT8231), this driver supports I2C block transactions. Such transactions -are mainly useful to read from and write to EEPROMs. - -The CX700/VX800/VX820 additionally appears to support SMBus PEC, although -this driver doesn't implement it yet. |