linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Docs: Fixes link to I2C specification

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Date:   Thu, 4 Nov 2021 08:20:26 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Deep Majumder <deep@...tmail.in>, wsa@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Docs: Fixes link to I2C specification

On 11/3/21 11:00 PM, Deep Majumder wrote:
> The link to the I2C specification is broken and is replaced in this
> patch by one that points to Rev 6 (2014) of the specification.
> Although `https://www.nxp.com" hosts the Rev 7 (2021) of this
> specification, it is behind a login-wall and thus cannot be used.

To be clear, it can be downloaded if one registers first, but it cannot
easily be downloaded by using something like 'wget filename'.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Deep Majumder <deep@...tmail.in>
> ---
>   Documentation/i2c/summary.rst | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/summary.rst b/Documentation/i2c/summary.rst
> index 136c4e333be7..607c72425ca6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/i2c/summary.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/i2c/summary.rst
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ and so are not advertised as being I2C but come under different names,
>   e.g. TWI (Two Wire Interface), IIC.
>   
>   The official I2C specification is the `"I2C-bus specification and user
> -manual" (UM10204) <https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/UM10204.pdf>`_
> +manual" (UM10204) <https://www.pololu.com/file/0J435/UM10204.pdf>`_
>   published by NXP Semiconductors.
>   
>   SMBus (System Management Bus) is based on the I2C protocol, and is mostly
> 


-- 
~Randy