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Date:      Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:11:03 +0200
From:      Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>
To:        Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: I2C/IIC working on RPI4 8GB?
Message-ID:  <20210427141103.1c4d2e4d81e04ff7417761d2@bidouilliste.com>
In-Reply-To: <CF4C4332-BB2F-47E9-B879-8EEA0E53E848@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:52:39 +0100
Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On 26 Apr 2021, at 15:11, Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 13:32:00 +0100
> > Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi All,
> >> 
> >> Does anyone here have IIC/I2C working on a CURRENT (I'm running latest) FreeBSD?
> >> 
> >> I've never seen it work; Last time I had working IIC was on an RPI3.
> >> 
> >> There is a /dev/iic0, and I have a known working RTC on it, but the scan just times out:
> >> 
> >> [root@grasshopper ~]# i2c -s
> >> Hardware may not support START/STOP scanning; trying less-reliable read method.
> >> <TIMEOUT>
> >> Scanning I2C devices on /dev/iic0: <none found>
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I suspect something not-quite-right in DTS land, but I lack the knowledge to investigate. I've done some random stumbling around in the dark with overlays and the like, but I've either seen the above error, or a total lack of /dev/iic0.
> >> 
> >> Thanks!
> >> 
> >> M
> >> --
> >> Mark R V Murray
> >> 
> > 
> > I2C is disabled by default.
> > You need to copy i2c0.dtbo (or i2c1<X> I don't know which one maps to
> > the pins you want to use) in the ESP partition and add "i2c<X>" to the
> > dtoverlay line in config.txt
> 
> I want to use the i2c on the "regular" pins, GPIO2 and GPIO3, AKA physical pins 3 and 5.
> 
> I looked at all the i2c[0-6].dtbo overlays in /usr/ports/sysutils/rpi-firmware. Only 1 had "pins = <2, 3>", so I used that one. I presume the 2,3 refers to GPIO pin numbers, not physical pin numbers?
> 
> Same result as before - long timeout, no I2C.
> 
> M
> --
> Mark R V Murray
> 

 No they probably refer to the pin number of the SoC (but that might be
the same as the "gpio number" in the pinouts naming of the hat
connector.
 I don't have any rpi* here to help you more so hopefully someone else
can/will.

-- 
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@FreeBSD.org>



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