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+/*
+ * \brief  Type-safe, fine-grained access to I2C devices
+ * \author Johannes Schlatow
+ * \date   2016-12-09
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011-2017 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _INCLUDE__UTIL__I2C_H_
+#define _INCLUDE__UTIL__I2C_H_
+
+/* Genode includes */
+#include <util/register_set.h>
+
+namespace Genode {
+
+	class I2c_driver_base;
+	template<typename DRIVER, unsigned REG_ADDR_SIZE> class I2c_plain_access;
+	template<typename DRIVER, unsigned REG_ADDR_SIZE> class I2c;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Base class for I2C drivers
+ */
+class Genode::I2c_driver_base
+{
+	public:
+		int write_bytes(uint8_t slaveAddr, uint8_t *msgPtr, int byteCount, bool hold=false);
+		int read_byte(uint8_t slaveAddr, uint8_t *msgPtr);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Plain access implementation for I2C
+ */
+template<typename DRIVER, unsigned REG_ADDR_SIZE>
+class Genode::I2c_plain_access
+{
+	friend Register_set_plain_access;
+
+	private:
+
+		addr_t const _slave;
+		DRIVER &_driver;
+
+		/**
+		 * Write 'ACCESS_T' typed 'value' to I2C slave register at 'reg'
+		 */
+		template <typename ACCESS_T>
+		inline void _write(off_t const reg, ACCESS_T const value)
+		{
+			Genode::uint8_t buf[REG_ADDR_SIZE + sizeof(ACCESS_T)];
+
+			/* write 'reg' into byte buffer using little endian */
+			for (size_t i=0; i < REG_ADDR_SIZE; i++) {
+				buf[i] = reg >> i*8;
+			}
+			/* write 'value' into byte buffer using little endian */
+			for (size_t i=0; i < sizeof(ACCESS_T); i++) {
+				buf[i+REG_ADDR_SIZE] = value >> i*8;
+			}
+
+			/* FIXME how to deal with errors? */
+			_driver.write_bytes(_slave, buf, REG_ADDR_SIZE+sizeof(ACCESS_T)) ;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Read 'ACCESS_T' typed from I2C slave register at 'reg'
+		 */
+		template <typename ACCESS_T>
+		inline ACCESS_T _read(off_t const &reg) const
+		{
+			Genode::uint8_t buf[REG_ADDR_SIZE];
+			/* write 'reg' into byte buffer using big endian */
+			for (size_t i=0; i < REG_ADDR_SIZE; i++) {
+				buf[i] = reg >> i*8;
+			}
+
+			/* FIXME how to deal with errors? */
+			_driver.write_bytes(_slave, buf, REG_ADDR_SIZE, true);
+
+			/* read data into buffer */
+			Genode::uint8_t read_buf[sizeof(ACCESS_T)];
+			_driver.read_bytes(_slave, read_buf, sizeof(ACCESS_T));
+
+			/* convert buffer into ACCESS_T */
+			ACCESS_T value = 0;
+			for (size_t i=0; i < sizeof(ACCESS_T); i++) {
+				value |= read_buf[i] << i*8;
+			}
+			return value;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Read byte I2C slave register at 'reg'
+		 */
+		inline uint8_t _read(off_t const &reg) const
+		{
+			Genode::uint8_t buf[REG_ADDR_SIZE];
+			/* write 'reg' into byte buffer using big endian */
+			for (size_t i=0; i < REG_ADDR_SIZE; i++) {
+				buf[i] = reg >> i*8;
+			}
+
+			/* FIXME how to deal with errors? */
+			_driver.write_bytes(_slave, buf, REG_ADDR_SIZE, true);
+
+			uint8_t value;
+			_driver.read_bytes(_slave, &value, 1);
+			return value;
+		}
+
+	public:
+
+		/**
+		 * Constructor
+		 *
+		 * \param slave  address of targeted I2C slave
+		 */
+		I2c_plain_access(addr_t const slave, DRIVER &driver) : _slave(slave), _driver(driver) { }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Type-safe, fine-grained access to a I2C devices
+ *
+ * For further details refer to the documentation of the 'Register_set' class.
+ */
+template <typename DRIVER, unsigned REG_ADDR_SIZE>
+struct Genode::I2c : I2c_plain_access<DRIVER, REG_ADDR_SIZE>, Register_set<I2c_plain_access<DRIVER, REG_ADDR_SIZE>>
+{
+	/**
+	 * Constructor
+	 *
+	 * \param slave  slave address of targeted I2C device
+	 */
+	I2c(addr_t const slave, DRIVER &driver)
+	: 
+		I2c_plain_access<DRIVER, REG_ADDR_SIZE>(slave, driver),
+	   Register_set<I2c_plain_access<DRIVER,REG_ADDR_SIZE>>(*static_cast<I2c_plain_access<DRIVER,REG_ADDR_SIZE> *>(this)) { }
+};
+
+#endif /* _INCLUDE__UTIL__I2C_H_ */