# I²C Debugging Tips

The EC codebase has functionality to help you debug I²C errors without pulling
out the scope. Some of the debug functionality is disabled by default to save
space, but can be enabled with the `CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG` option.

## Tracing

You can use the `i2ctrace` command to monitor (ranges of) addresses:

```
i2ctrace [list
        | disable <id>
        | enable <port> <address>
        | enable <port> <address-low> <address-high>]
```

For example:

```
> i2ctrace enable 0 0x10 0x30
> i2ctrace enable 1 0x20
> i2ctrace list
id port address
-- ---- -------
0     0 0x10 to 0x30
1     1 0x40 to 0x50
... debug spam may follow ...
i2c: 1:0x20 wr 0x10   rd 0x01 0x00
i2c: 1:0x20 wr 0x10 0x01 0x00
...
> i2ctrace disable 1
> i2ctrace list
id port address
-- ---- -------
0     0 0x10 to 0x30
```

A maximum of 8 debug entries are supported at a single time.

Note that `i2ctrace enable` will merge debug entries when possible:

```
> i2ctrace enable 0 0x10 0x30
> i2ctrace enable 0 0x40 0x50
> i2ctrace enable 0 0x31 0x3f
> i2ctrace list
id port address
-- ---- -------
0     0 0x10 to 0x50
```