1 The I2C protocol knows about two kinds of device addresses: normal 7 bit
2 addresses, and an extended set of 10 bit addresses. The sets of addresses
3 do not intersect: the 7 bit address 0x10 is not the same as the 10 bit
4 address 0x10 (though a single device could respond to both of them).
6 I2C messages to and from 10-bit address devices have a different format.
7 See the I2C specification for the details.
9 The current 10 bit address support is minimal. It should work, however
10 you can expect some problems along the way:
11 * Not all bus drivers support 10-bit addresses. Some don't because the
12 hardware doesn't support them (SMBus doesn't require 10-bit address
13 support for example), some don't because nobody bothered adding the
14 code (or it's there but not working properly.) Software implementation
15 (i2c-algo-bit) is known to work.
16 * Some optional features do not support 10-bit addresses. This is the
17 case of automatic detection and instantiation of devices by their,
19 * Many user-space packages (for example i2c-tools) lack support for
22 Note that 10-bit address devices are still pretty rare, so the limitations
23 listed above could stay for a long time, maybe even forever if nobody
24 needs them to be fixed.