[i2c] I2C: Getting Compiation Error for application program

[Jean Delvare]

Hi Sachin,

> I am trying to compile simple program (appended), but getting lots of compilation error.

...which you don't show. Are we supposed to guess?

> I am using Timesys Linux 2.6.13 for ppc440 evaluation board.

Please don't post to 3 mailing lists at once. I've stripped the other
two.

> Command used for compilation:
> $> gcc eeprom-client.c -o eeprom-client.o
>  
> Could you help me to find out the reason behind getting the errors?
>  
> Regards,
> Sachin Rane
>  
>  
> 8< ------------------------eeprom-client.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> #include <linux/i2c.h>

This header file doesn't exist in userspace, so you don't want to
include it.

> #include <linux/i2c-dev.h>

Are you certain the compiler picks the right file (from the lm_sensors
package and not from the kernel tree?) You should check the
preprocessor output (gcc -E) to make sure.

> 
> int main()
> {
>      int file;
>      int adapter_nr = 0; /* probably dynamically determined */
>      char filename[20];
>      int addr = 0xA1; /* The I2C address */

No, the 7-bit I2C address of your EEPROM is 0x50.

> 
>     sprintf(filename,"/dev/i2c-%d",adapter_nr);
>     if ((file = open(filename,O_RDWR)) < 0)
>    {
>        exit(1);
>     }
>    
>     if (ioctl(file,I2C_SLAVE,addr) < 0)
>    {
>       exit(1);
>    }
>    else
>   {
>       printf("\n Able to bind the adapter");
>    }
>    return 0;
> }
> 
> 8< -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 

As a side note, we already have some tools to work with eeproms. Look
under prog/eepromer in the lm_sensors package. Maybe these are OK for
what you want to do and you don't even need to write your own.

-- 
Jean Delvare