i2c bus via USB adapter
- Reply: Dr. Rolf Jansen: "Re: i2c bus via USB adapter"
- Reply: Daniel O'Connor: "Re: i2c bus via USB adapter"
- Go to: [ bottom of page ] [ top of archives ] [ this month ]
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 02:18:13 UTC
Along with trying to attach some I2C devices to my RPI4 (which has GPIO-pin exposure issues due to heatsink-case), I tried attaching this device from Adafruit: Adafruit MCP2221A Breakout - General Purpose USB to GPIO ADC I2C Stemma QT / Qwiic https://www.adafruit.com/product/4471 When I plug it into my box, I see this info: kernel: ugen0.4: <Microchip Technology Inc. MCP2221 USB-I2C/UART Combo> at usbus0 kernel: umodem0 on uhub2 kernel: umodem0: <Microchip Technology Inc. MCP2221 USB-I2C/UART Combo, class 239/2, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3> on usbus0 kernel: umodem0: data interface 1, has no CM over data, has no break kernel: uhid0 on uhub2 kernel: uhid0: <Microchip Technology Inc. MCP2221 USB-I2C/UART Combo, class 239/2, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3> on usbus0 I've got a /dev/iic0, but that doesn't seem to be from this device: ... iichb0: <BCM2708/2835 BSC controller> mem 0x7e804000-0x7e804fff irq 26 on simplebus0 ... kernel: iicbus0: <OFW I2C bus> on iichb0 kernel: iic0: <I2C generic I/O> on iicbus0 Simple recursive grepping didn't get me any hits for MCP2221, and there is a TON of hits for Microchip, so currently assuming that FreeBSD doesn't have a driver yet. Total ignorance at this point, but if there was a driver, would the expected behavior (assuming right drivers are loaded) would be for the system to figure out there was an I2C bus hiding behind it and make another /dev/iic# available, devoted to it? A ugen driver (generic USB) seems right. The umodem driver seems reasonable (serial device). The uhid driver seems wrong, at least in this case, but of course most of the hits I see on the forums are mice and such, so maybe misidentified in this case.