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dump I2C EEPROM memory from Linux device ioctl
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <linux/i2c-dev.h>
#define READ_SIZE (256)
#define NB_PAGES (256)
/* UTILS **********************************************************************/
void hexprint(const uint8_t *input, const int input_length)
{
int i = 0;
for (i = 0; i < input_length; i++) {
if (i%16 == 0) {
printf("\n");
}
printf("%02x ", input[i]);
}
printf("\n");
}
void dump_to_file(const char *output_file_path,
const uint8_t *buffer, const int buffer_length)
{
int output_file = open(output_file_path, O_RDWR|O_APPEND|O_CREAT);
if (output_file < 0) {
printf("Failed opening output file %s\n", output_file_path);
return;
}
write(output_file, buffer, buffer_length);
}
/* MAIN ***********************************************************************/
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
/* got these values from i2cdetect */
const char *i2c_device = "/dev/i2c-2";
const int device_address = 0x50;
/* open the i2c device file */
int file = open(i2c_device, O_RDWR);
if (file < 0) {
printf("Failed opening %s\n", i2c_device);
return 1;
}
if (ioctl(file, I2C_SLAVE, device_address) < 0) {
printf("Failed addressing device at %02X\n", device_address);
close(file);
return 1;
}
int i = 0;
for (i = 0; i < NB_PAGES; i++) {
char buf[READ_SIZE] = {0};
if (read(file, buf, READ_SIZE) != READ_SIZE) {
printf("Failed reading\n");
close(file);
return 1;
}
//hexprint(buf, READ_SIZE);
dump_to_file(argv[1], buf, READ_SIZE);
}
close(file);
return 0;
}
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Zibri commented Aug 27, 2021

note: when writing back instead, you must write the address (2 bytes) followed by the data (32bytes maximum), and wait at least 3ms between the writes.

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Zibri commented Aug 28, 2021

here is the full backup and restore program which now includes also the "aknowledge polling" (before I had just an ugly usleep function).

https://gist.github.com/Zibri/cf8ac0b311301aeeaa8910c7da824bff

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