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+.TH I2CSET 8 "November 2008"
+.SH "NAME"
+i2cset \- set I2C registers
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B i2cset
+.RB [ -f ]
+.RB [ -y ]
+.RB [ "-m mask" ]
+.RB [ -r ]
+.I i2cbus
+.I chip-address
+.I data-address
+.RI [ "value " [ "mode" ]]
+.br
+.B i2cset
+.B -V
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+i2cset is a small helper program to set registers visible through the I2C
+bus.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B -V
+Display the version and exit.
+.TP
+.B -f
+Force access to the device even if it is already busy. By default, i2cset
+will refuse to access a device which is already under the control of a
+kernel driver. Using this flag is dangerous, it can seriously confuse the
+kernel driver in question. It can also cause i2cset to silently write to
+the wrong register. So use at your own risk and only if you know what
+you're doing.
+.TP
+.B -y
+Disable interactive mode. By default, i2cset will wait for a confirmation
+from the user before messing with the I2C bus. When this flag is used, it
+will perform the operation directly. This is mainly meant to be used in
+scripts.
+.TP
+.B -m mask
+The \fImask\fR parameter, if specified, describes which bits of \fIvalue\fR
+will be actually written to \fIdata-address\fR. Bits set to 1 in the mask
+are taken from \fIvalue\fR, while bits set to 0 will be read from
+\fIdata-address\fR and thus preserved by the operation. Please note that
+this parameter assumes that the read and write operations for the specified
+mode are symmetrical for the device you are accessing. This may or may not
+be the case, as neither I2C nor SMBus guarantees this.
+.TP
+.B -r
+Read back the value right after writing it, and compare the result with the
+value written. This used to be the default behavior. The same limitations
+apply as those of option \fB-m\fR.
+.PP
+There are three required options to i2cset. \fIi2cbus\fR indicates the number
+or name of the I2C bus to be scanned.  This number should correspond to one of
+the busses listed by \fIi2cdetect -l\fR. \fIchip-address\fR specifies the
+address of the chip on that bus, and is an integer between 0x03 and 0x77.
+\fIdata-address\fR specifies the address on that chip to write to, and is an
+integer between 0x00 and 0xFF.
+.PP
+The \fIvalue\fR parameter, if specified, is the value to write to that
+location on the chip. If this parameter is omited, then a short write is
+issued. For most chips, it simply sets an internal pointer to the target
+location, but doesn't actually write to that location. For a few chips
+though, in particular simple ones with a single register, this short write
+is an actual write.
+.PP
+The \fImode\fR parameter, if specified, is one of the letters \fBb\fP or
+\fBw\fP, corresponding to a write size of a single byte or a 16-bit word,
+respectively. A \fBp\fP can also be appended to the \fImode\fR parameter to
+enable PEC. If the \fImode\fR parameter is omitted, i2cset defaults to byte
+mode without PEC. The \fIvalue\fR provided must be within range for the
+specified data type (0x00-0xFF for bytes, 0x0000-0xFFFF for words).
+
+.SH WARNING
+i2cset can be extremely dangerous if used improperly. It can confuse your
+I2C bus, cause data loss, or have more serious side effects. Writing to
+a serial EEPROM on a memory DIMM (chip addresses between 0x50 and 0x57) may
+DESTROY your memory, leaving your system unbootable!  Be extremely careful
+using this program.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+i2cdump(8), isaset(8)
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+Frodo Looijaard, Mark D. Studebaker and Jean Delvare
+
+This manual page was originally written by David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org> for
+the Debian GNU/Linux system.