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authorkhali <khali@7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0>2015-07-07 16:49:21 +0000
committerkhali <khali@7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0>2015-07-07 16:49:21 +0000
commitae481521f5eb0f47037515756814b019a261b117 (patch)
tree62c08d9aa24373908245e9b9368eda74ff085516
parent8bc280935157de2683ec1350ca9b284eb6506daa (diff)
downloadi2c-tools-ae481521f5eb0f47037515756814b019a261b117.tar.gz
Mark eepromer and eeprom as deprecated.
git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/i2c-tools/trunk@6307 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
-rw-r--r--CHANGES3
-rw-r--r--Makefile2
-rw-r--r--eeprog/README.eeprog18
-rw-r--r--eepromer/README3
-rw-r--r--eepromer/README.eeprom2
-rw-r--r--eepromer/README.eepromer2
6 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 16d1674..e6afb07 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ SVN HEAD
Update manufacturer IDs (JEP106AQ)
decode-vaio: Add a manual page
eeprog: Add a manual page
+ Moved to a separate subdirectory
eeprom: Add a manual page
+ Marked as deprecated
eepromer: Add a manual page
+ Marked as deprecated
i2cdetect: Do a best effort detection if functionality is missing
Clarify the SMBus commands used for probing by default
i2c-dev.h: Minimize differences with kernel flavor
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b49bd4..c85317c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ KERNELVERSION := $(shell uname -r)
all:
EXTRA :=
-#EXTRA += py-smbus
+#EXTRA += eeprog py-smbus
SRCDIRS := include lib eeprom stub tools $(EXTRA)
include $(SRCDIRS:%=%/Module.mk)
diff --git a/eeprog/README.eeprog b/eeprog/README.eeprog
index 6cccd00..7514c73 100644
--- a/eeprog/README.eeprog
+++ b/eeprog/README.eeprog
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
-Important! See the README file for important warnings.
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+!!! !
+!!! This program should only be used on external busses unless you REALLY !
+!!! know what you are doing. !
+!!! !
+!!! Your computer probably contains eeproms for saving data vital to its !
+!!! operation. If you are not careful you might overwrite this data with !
+!!! this program and your computer may no longer boot! !
+!!! !
+!!! An example are the EEPROMS on your SDRAM DIMMs, your computer may no !
+!!! longer detect the RAM module rendering it essentially USELESS! !
+!!! !
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eeprog reads and writes 24Cxx EEPROMs connected to I2C serial bus.
@@ -7,6 +19,4 @@ your i2c chipset and the i2c-dev drivers.
Use -16 switch for EEPROM larger then 24C16 (16 bit addressing mode).
-Again, it's really important that you read the README file.
-
-Type "make" to compile.
+Use "make EXTRA=eeprog" to build this program.
diff --git a/eepromer/README b/eepromer/README
index ff89c73..392c266 100644
--- a/eepromer/README
+++ b/eepromer/README
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ Use eeprom for small eeproms with one-byte addresses:
24C01, 24C01A, 24C02, 24C04, 24C08, and 24C16
It works only on true i2c bus adapters.
See README.eeprom for details.
+ This program is deprecated, please use eeprog instead.
Use eepromer for large eeproms with two-byte addresses:
24C32, 24C64, 24C128, 24C256, and 24C512
It works only on true i2c bus adapters.
See README.eepromer for details.
+ This program is deprecated, please use eeprog instead.
Use eeprog for either small or large eeproms.
+ This program was moved to a separate subdirectory.
Use the -16 switch for large eeproms.
It works on both i2c and smbus bus adapters.
See README.eeprog for details.
diff --git a/eepromer/README.eeprom b/eepromer/README.eeprom
index 6f1e5ed..b465d07 100644
--- a/eepromer/README.eeprom
+++ b/eepromer/README.eeprom
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ You can use this program to read/write to i2c-eeproms
like the popular 24C16, 24C08, 24C04,.. In contrast to eeprommer
which supports 24C256-type eeproms 24C16ss use 1-byte addresses!
+This program is deprecated, please use eeprog instead.
+
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!! !
!!! This program should only be used on external busses such as i2c-pport. !
diff --git a/eepromer/README.eepromer b/eepromer/README.eepromer
index 444103f..4f0648c 100644
--- a/eepromer/README.eepromer
+++ b/eepromer/README.eepromer
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
Simple program for storing data to I2C EEPROM.
+This program is deprecated, please use eeprog instead.
+
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Warning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The EEPROM must be a large EEPROM which uses a 2-byte address