Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-10 Thread Christoph Scheurer
> What should the command line interface look like? > > owfs /dev/i2c-?/address Just a suggestion concerning the internal structure of such an adapter: If you look at Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol it seems to be better to implement it only using the SMBus subset of the I2C protocol, if at all

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-10 Thread Christoph Scheurer
> What should the command line interface look like? > > owfs /dev/i2c-?/address Seems good, the address would be an integer between 0-127 for the standard 7-Bit I2C-addresses? The 10-Bit addresses are included in the I2C standard but the kernel support is only experimental since no known I2C devic

RE: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-10 Thread Alfille, Paul H.,M.D.
e.net Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes Am Freitag, 10. März 2006 12:43 schrieb Christoph Scheurer: > > > Sorry, that was too unspecific. What I mean is: one could just use an > > > empty I2C-slave module with only the basic I2C communication support > > > that recognize

RE: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-10 Thread Alfille, Paul H.,M.D.
bject: Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes > > > Sorry, that was too unspecific. What I mean is: one could just use an empty > > > I2C-slave module with only the basic I2C communication support that > > > recognizes the DS2482 and move all the W1 specific functions to OWFS.

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-10 Thread Jan Kandziora
Am Freitag, 10. März 2006 12:43 schrieb Christoph Scheurer: > > > Sorry, that was too unspecific. What I mean is: one could just use an > > > empty I2C-slave module with only the basic I2C communication support > > > that recognizes the DS2482 and move all the W1 specific functions to > > > OWFS. >

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-10 Thread Christoph Scheurer
> > > Sorry, that was too unspecific. What I mean is: one could just use an > > > empty > > > I2C-slave module with only the basic I2C communication support that > > > recognizes the DS2482 and move all the W1 specific functions to OWFS. > > > > > Besides having only a brief look into the w1 kerne

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-10 Thread Christoph Scheurer
> > Sorry, that was too unspecific. What I mean is: one could just use an empty > > I2C-slave module with only the basic I2C communication support that > > recognizes the DS2482 and move all the W1 specific functions to OWFS. > > > Besides having only a brief look into the w1 kernel code, I think h

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-10 Thread Jan Kandziora
Am Freitag, 10. März 2006 07:20 schrieb Christoph Scheurer: > > > Do you know how to talk to the i2c via user-space?(Something like > > > libusb or tty system). Then a non-w1 approach would be easy. There is > > > an example implementation for the DS2482 in the kernel; module, and the > > > communi

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-09 Thread Christoph Scheurer
> > Do you know how to talk to the i2c via user-space?(Something like libusb or > > tty system). Then a non-w1 approach would be easy. There is an example > > implementation for the DS2482 in the kernel; module, and the communication > > structure is an easy match for OWFS. > If you load the i2c

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-09 Thread Christoph Scheurer
Paul, > Do you know how to talk to the i2c via user-space?(Something like libusb or > tty system). Then a non-w1 approach would be easy. There is an example > implementation for the DS2482 in the kernel; module, and the communication > structure is an easy match for OWFS. If you load the i2c_de

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-09 Thread Paul Alfille
Jan, Do you know how to talk to the i2c via user-space?(Something like libusb or tty system). Then a non-w1 approach would be easy. There is an example implementation for the DS2482 in the kernel; module, and the communication structure is an easy match for OWFS. Paul On Thursday 09 March 200

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-09 Thread Jan Kandziora
Am Donnerstag, 9. März 2006 12:53 schrieb Alfille, Paul H.,M.D.: > Jan, the only support needed would be either a sample of the hardware > (adapter) or the willingness to test frequent test builds. > I will definately build a board based on the DS2482-800 chip and will test owfs improvements, too.

RE: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-09 Thread Stuart Poulton
Hi, I'm hoping to have a circuit, and PCB design done over the weekend. Still waiting on the arrival of a sample chip from Maxim, once I've got the designs finalised I'll make them available for comment. Stuart On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 06:53 -0500, Alfille, Paul H.,M.D. wrote: > Jan, the only suppo

RE: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-09 Thread Alfille, Paul H.,M.D.
tory isn't yet implemented. Evgeniy is eager to improve function. Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Kandziora Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:59 AM To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers]

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-09 Thread Jan Kandziora
Am Mittwoch, 8. März 2006 06:18 schrieb Paul Alfille: > Just a progress report: > > After extensive discussions with Evgeniy Polyakov, it looks like OWFS will > be able to use the linux kernel 1-wire drivers as a possible 1-wire adapter > source. > > 1. The current w1 supports i2c adapters 2804-x00

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-08 Thread Christoph Scheurer
> The I2C part is DS2482-x00 > > x = 1 for 1 port > x = 8 for 8 port Agreed, I just copy-pasted from your post. Christoph -- Christoph Scheurer GnuPG key Id: 0x6128C6B6 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by x

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-08 Thread Stuart Poulton
Just to avoid confusion The I2C part is DS2482-x00 x = 1 for 1 port x = 8 for 8 port Stuart - Original Message - From: "Stuart Poulton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes Paul, This is great

[Owfs-developers] w1 changes - DS2804-x00

2006-03-08 Thread Christoph Scheurer
Hello, first of all I apologize for breaking the thread but I just subscribed because of the recent discussion about kernel w1 adapter support. As I understand you were looking for beta testers and their specific setup (thread started by Stuart Poulton on Feb 27, 2006). We are planning to attach

Re: [Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-08 Thread Stuart Poulton
Paul, This is great news. I've got samples on the way from maxim of the 2804-x00's so hopefully will have a prototype interface available for testing soon. Cheers Stuart --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripti

[Owfs-developers] w1 changes

2006-03-07 Thread Paul Alfille
Just a progress report: After extensive discussions with Evgeniy Polyakov, it looks like OWFS will be able to use the linux kernel 1-wire drivers as a possible 1-wire adapter source. 1. The current w1 supports i2c adapters 2804-x00, which is not supported by OWFS natively. 2. The current w1 su