| wdenk | 6fcc18e | 2002-03-08 23:25:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | I2C Edge Conditions: |
| 2 | ==================== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | I2C devices may be left in a write state if a read was occuring |
| 5 | and the CPU was reset. This may result in EEPROM data corruption. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | The edge condition is as follows: |
| 8 | 1) A read operation begins. |
| 9 | 2) I2C controller issues a start command. |
| 10 | 3) The I2C writes the device address. |
| 11 | 4) The CPU is reset at this point. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Once the CPU reinitializes and the read is tried again: |
| 14 | 1) The I2C controller issues a start command. |
| 15 | 2) The I2C controller writes the device address. |
| 16 | 3) The I2C controller writes the offset. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | The EEPROM sees: |
| 19 | 1) START |
| 20 | 2) device address |
| 21 | 3) START "this start is ignored by most EEPROMs" |
| 22 | 4) device address "EEPROM interprets this as offset" |
| 23 | 5) Offset in device, "EEPROM interprets this as data to write" |
| 24 | |
| 25 | The device will interpret this sequence as a WRITE command and |
| 26 | write rubbish into itself, i.e. the "offset" will be interpreted |
| 27 | as data to be written in location "device address". |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Notes |
| 30 | ----- |
| 31 | !!!THIS IS AN UNDOCUMENTED I2C BUS BUG, NOT A IBM 4xx BUG!!! |
| 32 | |
| 33 | This reset edge condition could possibly be present in every I2C |
| 34 | controller and device available. We should probably have a bus reset |
| 35 | function for all our target CPUs. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Many thanks to Bill Hunter for finding this serious BUG. |
| 38 | email to: <williamhunter@attbi.com> |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Erik Theisen <etheisen@mindspring.com> |
| 41 | Tue, 5 Mar 2002 23:02:19 -0500 (Wed 05:02 MET) |