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diff --git a/extra/i2c_pseudo/README b/extra/i2c_pseudo/README deleted file mode 100644 index 96efa062b1..0000000000 --- a/extra/i2c_pseudo/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -This directory contains the i2c-pseudo Linux kernel module. - -The i2c-pseudo module was written with the intention of being submitted upstream -in the Linux kernel. This copy exists because of as 2019-03 this module is not -yet in the upstream kernel, and even if/when this is included, it may take years -before making its way to the prepackaged Linux distribution kernels typically -used by CrOS developers. - -See Documentation.txt for more information about the module itself. That file -is Documentation/i2c/pseudo-controller-interface in the upstream patch. - -When servod starts, if the i2c-pseudo module is loaded servod will automatically -create an I2C pseudo adapter for the Servo I2C bus. That I2C adapter may then -be used in userspace through i2c-dev (/dev/i2c-<N>). The i2c-tools package -provides command line utilities for interfacing with i2c-dev devices, and some -CrOS software can work directly with i2c-dev devices as well, such as iteflash -which is used by flash_ec when reflashing an ITE EC through a Servo. - -Automated installation: -$ ./install |