Okay thanks for all the help!
I think I'm just going to get familiar with the registers and either write
or find a library rather than delve too much farther into drivers and such.
Maybe another day.

Thanks again for the pointers
Andrew

On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 6:55 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Andrew,
> Doing file I/O means read and write to /dev/i2c/etc.  As you put it in
> your question, they are the same thing and basically the same as using the
> command line tools. This works out of the box.  You need to know the device
> registers pretty well because you will be accessing them.  Some libraries
> will give you nice wrappers for simple register access and some may provide
> higher level calls, for example, for reading all 3 gyros.
> The alternative is to use the Invensense driver.  Way back up in this
> conversation was a description of how it should work based on documentation
> in the driver and the kernel source tree.  So far in this conversation, no
> one has made that work.  That is, the driver fails to load.  When it does
> load, its documentation says it will provide psuedo files that are
> functions under the sysfs tree /sys/bus/iio/devices.  Besides being
> functionally named instead of addresses, we are expecting them to be
> faster.  My timing tests with using file I/O via /dev/i2c shows file I/O to
> take significantly more time that one would expect by counting I2C bus
> cycles.  Some applications need faster access time than this provides.
> Your application may work just fine at this speed.
> Clark
>
> On Thursday, December 26, 2013 8:25:03 PM UTC-8, Andrew Dai wrote:
>
>> Setting the SLEEP bit seemed to have done the trick, everything seems to
>> work now! (or at least at the surface)
>>
>> I apologize for any beginner questions (this is my first trip into the
>> wonderful world of embedded linux). What is the difference between the
>> "file" approach and i2c?
>> I was planning on using something like the Adafruit_BBIO library (
>> http://learn.adafruit.com/setting-up-io-python-library-
>> on-beaglebone-black) and accessing the chip through i2c. My
>> understanding is that that approach would be basically the same as using
>> the command line tools (i2cdetect, i2cdump/set/get etc). Using this method,
>> I have no use for anything driver or device tree related... correct?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 4:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Andrew,
>>> You have made some progress.  i2cdetect can see it.  Your pin
>>> connections seem to be ok, compared to the ones posted earlier.  According
>>> to the device docs, it "will come up in sleep mode upon power up."
>>> The SLEEP bit is apparently Bit6 in Register 0x6B.  Set it to 0 to leave
>>> the sleep mode.
>>>
>>> Maybe that helps.
>>>
>>> We got as far as using the MPU6050 and the MPU9150 via file I/O thru
>>> /dev/i2c.  We never got the Invensense driver to work.  It still looks like
>>> no one replying to the posts here has either.  The disadvantage of the
>>> file I/O access approach is that it seems very slow compared to the
>>> relatively few I2C bus cycles required.
>>>
>>> Clark
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, December 22, 2013 8:45:23 AM UTC-8, Andrew Dai wrote:
>>>
>>>> So has anyone figured out how to get the MPU6050 to respond?
>>>> I dont know too much about how all this works but all I've done is
>>>> root@beaglebone:~# i2cdetect -y -r 1
>>>>      0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
>>>> 00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>> 10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>> 20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>> 30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>> 40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>> 50: -- -- -- -- UU UU UU UU -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>> 60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 68 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>> 70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>> root@beaglebone:~# i2cdump -y 1 0x68
>>>> No size specified (using byte-data access)
>>>>      0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
>>>> 00: 81 7d 00 1d 3c cd fc ae 05 44 08 5c 28 8f 6e 90    ?}.?<????D?\(?n?
>>>> 10: d4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ?...............
>>>> 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
>>>> 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
>>>> 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
>>>> 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
>>>> 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00    ...........@....
>>>> 70: 00 00 00 00 00 68 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    .....h..........
>>>> 80: 81 7d 00 1d 3c cd fc ae 05 44 08 5c 28 8f 6e 90    ?}.?<????D?\(?n?
>>>> 90: d4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ?...............
>>>> a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
>>>> b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
>>>> c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
>>>> d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
>>>> e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00    ...........@....
>>>> f0: 00 00 00 00 00 68 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    .....h..........
>>>>
>>>> I cant get my board (sparkfun breakout board) to respond to anything...
>>>> i2cset doesn't affect the board... did I wire something wrong?
>>>> VDD to Pin 3 (3.3V)
>>>> Gnd to Pin 1
>>>> SCL to Pin 19
>>>> SDA to Pin 20
>>>> VIO to Pin 3 (3.3) <-- I'm not quite sure what this does but I get
>>>> nothing back when I disconnect it.
>>>>
>>>> Any help will be greatly appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, November 16, 2013 10:27:19 PM UTC-5, 
>>>> [email protected]:
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark,
>>>>> I poked briefly at the reference you provided.  The write up looks
>>>>> very much the same as the Invensense MPU6050 driver in the Angstrom on the
>>>>> Black.  This seems reasonable.  The Invensense author has done a good job
>>>>> of getting it into the Linux tree and the various distributions have 
>>>>> picked
>>>>> it up.  Apparently, the MPU 60x0 family of MEMS IMUs is widely used and
>>>>> popular.
>>>>> The Anstrom driver reads nice.  No one here has yet to get it to load
>>>>> and respond.
>>>>> Clark
>>>>> On Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:40:35 PM UTC-8, Mark A. Yoder wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It looks like someone has done a nice port to Andriod[1].  How hard
>>>>>> would it be to port it to Angstrom?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/tegra/+/74f15aa7
>>>>>> 3e1d999368e3a8287cdb85718e987d48/drivers/staging/iio/imu/mpu/README
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:30:07 PM UTC-5,
>>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark,
>>>>>>> Near as I can tell, no one has done better than just file i/o via
>>>>>>> /dev/i2c/...  This works, but doesn't seem to expose or take advantage 
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the Invensense kernel driver functionality.  Plus it seems to be very
>>>>>>> slow.  Jason Kridner was tackling it a couple weeks ago, but didn't 
>>>>>>> report
>>>>>>> any success.  I haven't made any progress either.
>>>>>>> Seems we are stuck. I wish someone could figure out how to ping the
>>>>>>> author at Invensense. I tried writing via thier support web page but 
>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>> get a reply.
>>>>>>> Clark
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 12:57:54 PM UTC-8, Mark A. Yoder wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Did anyone every get the inv-mpu6050 kernel driver to work?  I have
>>>>>>>> the device on the i2c bus and I can read and write registers using
>>>>>>>> *i2cset/i2cget*, but *modprobe inv-mpu605* doesn't make anything
>>>>>>>> appear.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --Mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, November 2, 2013 11:51:04 AM UTC-4,
>>>>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jason,
>>>>>>>>> I apologize for taking so long to answer. It wasn't quick to
>>>>>>>>> figure out which breakout board we had with the MPU6050 on it.  It is
>>>>>>>>> apparently a Kootek® Arduino GY-521 MPU-6050 Module from Amazon.
>>>>>>>>> Itis wired:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> P9_1->Gnd
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> P9_3->VCC
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> P9_19 ->SCL
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> P9_20 -> SDA
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Your P9_19 SCL and P9_20 SDA should be fine.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Later posts suggest you can talk to you device and have shown us
>>>>>>>>> via W Smith  the way to straighten out which bus is which.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Clark
>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, October 31, 2013 1:32:46 PM UTC-7, Jason Kridner
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Jason Kridner <
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 6:12 PM,  <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > > AIW:
>>>>>>>>>> > > I went back thru the adafruit library and didn't find
>>>>>>>>>> anything specific on
>>>>>>>>>> > > I2C, although it is listed as a topic.  I have been looking
>>>>>>>>>> at their github
>>>>>>>>>> > > adafruit-beaglebone-io-python library. I also found and
>>>>>>>>>> looked thru PyBBIO.
>>>>>>>>>> > > Even tho I'm not using Python, I can see the access
>>>>>>>>>> mechanisms that they
>>>>>>>>>> > > use.
>>>>>>>>>> > > I can use the MPU6050 device ok enough just reading via
>>>>>>>>>> /dev/i2c/i2c-x, but
>>>>>>>>>> > > that is too slow.
>>>>>>>>>> > > I'm trying to figure out how to invoke and use the
>>>>>>>>>> inv-mpu6050 driver and
>>>>>>>>>> > > adafruit doesn't use that.
>>>>>>>>>> > > Thx -- Clark
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > On Thursday, October 17, 2013 9:47:44 AM UTC-7, AIW wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >> Some good info on I2C tools at http://www.acmesystems.it/i2c.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >> Python and the adafruit BBIO I2C library makes it very easy
>>>>>>>>>> to use I2C on
>>>>>>>>>> > >> Beaglebone Black as well. Python import smbus is fairly easy
>>>>>>>>>> to use too.
>>>>>>>>>> > >> Some examples of use is available in the code I provide for
>>>>>>>>>> my radio project
>>>>>>>>>> > >> here....www.aiwindustries.com.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >> Not trying to sell the product, but I know that the I2C
>>>>>>>>>> function was
>>>>>>>>>> > >> giving me some issues so I'm just trying to help the
>>>>>>>>>> community. Python code
>>>>>>>>>> > >> is available to download and look at usage so feel free.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >> On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 5:02:59 PM UTC-5,
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> We are using the Invensense MPU6050 IMU on I2C with
>>>>>>>>>> Beaglebone Black
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> (Angstrom 3.8.13). We can use I2C-tools and file I/O thru
>>>>>>>>>> /dev/i2c but the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> read speed is disappointingly slow.  We only read the 3x
>>>>>>>>>> gyros and 3x accels
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> (each one byte at a time plus the 2 byte temperature
>>>>>>>>>> reading) and it takes
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> ~2msecs.  My estimate of the I2C bus cycles for a block
>>>>>>>>>> read suggests this
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> should take ~160 bus cycles or .38msec on a 400MHz I2C bus.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > You are running at 400kHz, not 400MHz, right?  I2C doesn't do
>>>>>>>>>> 400MHz.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> The distribution includes the Invensense driver
>>>>>>>>>> inv-mpu6050.ko but there
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> is no indication that reading through /dev/i2c invokes it.
>>>>>>>>>>  This is a very
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> popular IMU and Invensense widely distributes the driver
>>>>>>>>>> over many Linux
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> platforms.  The driver source includes “successful
>>>>>>>>>> installation will create
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> two directories under /sys/bus/iio/devices” and lists the
>>>>>>>>>> files there (aka
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> functions). I can never get these to show up.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> I can “insmod
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> /lib/modules/3.8.13/kernel/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv-mpu6050.ko”
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> “echo inv-mpu6050 0x68 > 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1/new_device”.
>>>>>>>>>> This
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> causes a new directory named 1-0068 to show in
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-1with entries like name and
>>>>>>>>>> modalias but no
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> functions.  It never shows in /sys/bus/iio/devices.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > I don't have an MPU6050, but I just ordered a couple on express
>>>>>>>>>> > overnight from Sparkfun.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I bought https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11028 and played with
>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>> briefly before being distracted and again today, but I don't
>>>>>>>>>> understand why I'm not able to get it to reply to me.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have the following connections:
>>>>>>>>>> VCC: P9_4 (VDD_3V3)
>>>>>>>>>> GNC: P9_1 (GND)
>>>>>>>>>> INT: P9_11 (GPIO)
>>>>>>>>>> FSYNC: -
>>>>>>>>>> SCL: P9_19 (I2C2_SCL)
>>>>>>>>>> SDA: P9_20 (I2C2_SDA)
>>>>>>>>>> VIO: P9_3 (VDD_3V3)
>>>>>>>>>> CLK: -
>>>>>>>>>> ASCL: -
>>>>>>>>>> ASDA: -
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I then perform:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> root@beaglebone:~# i2cdetect -y -r 1
>>>>>>>>>>      0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
>>>>>>>>>> 00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>>>>>>>> 10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>>>>>>>> 20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>>>>>>>> 30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>>>>>>>> 40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>>>>>>>> 50: -- -- -- -- UU UU UU UU -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>>>>>>>> 60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>>>>>>>> 70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Very confused why it doesn't show up.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Since you have it responding to you, how do you have it wired?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > Here's the behavior I'm seeing without the board connected:
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > root@beaglebone:/lib/modules/3.8.13/kernel/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050#
>>>>>>>>>> ls
>>>>>>>>>> > inv-mpu6050.ko
>>>>>>>>>> > root@beaglebone:/lib/modules/3.8.13/kernel/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050#
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > dmesg | tail -1
>>>>>>>>>> > [ 2992.799594] i2c i2c-1: new_device: Instantiated device
>>>>>>>>>> inv-mpu6050 at 0x68
>>>>>>>>>> > root@beaglebone:/lib/modules/3.8.13/kernel/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050#
>>>>>>>>>> lsmod
>>>>>>>>>> > Module                  Size  Used by
>>>>>>>>>> > ip_tables               8294  0
>>>>>>>>>> > x_tables               15072  1 ip_tables
>>>>>>>>>> > g_multi                55905  2
>>>>>>>>>> > libcomposite           15228  1 g_multi
>>>>>>>>>> > rfcomm                 25106  0
>>>>>>>>>> > ircomm_tty             14503  0
>>>>>>>>>> > ircomm                  8846  1 ircomm_tty
>>>>>>>>>> > irda                   89974  2 ircomm_tty,ircomm
>>>>>>>>>> > ipv6                  229989  14
>>>>>>>>>> > hidp                   10112  0
>>>>>>>>>> > bluetooth             146100  4 hidp,rfcomm
>>>>>>>>>> > rfkill                 16510  2 bluetooth
>>>>>>>>>> > autofs4                17432  2
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > I looked for the installed device:
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > root@beaglebone:/lib/modules/3.8.13/kernel/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050#
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > cat /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio*/name
>>>>>>>>>> > tiadc
>>>>>>>>>> > root@beaglebone:/lib/modules/3.8.13/kernel/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050#
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > ls /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio* -d
>>>>>>>>>> > /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > It is clearly missing per the documentation
>>>>>>>>>> > (https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-
>>>>>>>>>> bus-iio-mpu6050)
>>>>>>>>>> > that says there should be a sysfs entry there.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > Just in case I could get it to show up, I did try manually
>>>>>>>>>> doing a modprobe.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > root@beaglebone:/lib/modules/3.8.13/kernel/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050#
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > modprobe inv-mpu6050
>>>>>>>>>> > root@beaglebone:/lib/modules/3.8.13/kernel/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050#
>>>>>>>>>> lsmod
>>>>>>>>>> > Module                  Size  Used by
>>>>>>>>>> > inv_mpu6050             7190  0
>>>>>>>>>> > ip_tables               8294  0
>>>>>>>>>> > x_tables               15072  1 ip_tables
>>>>>>>>>> > g_multi                55905  2
>>>>>>>>>> > libcomposite           15228  1 g_multi
>>>>>>>>>> > rfcomm                 25106  0
>>>>>>>>>> > ircomm_tty             14503  0
>>>>>>>>>> > ircomm                  8846  1 ircomm_tty
>>>>>>>>>> > irda                   89974  2 ircomm_tty,ircomm
>>>>>>>>>> > ipv6                  229989  14
>>>>>>>>>> > hidp                   10112  0
>>>>>>>>>> > bluetooth             146100  4 hidp,rfcomm
>>>>>>>>>> > rfkill                 16510  2 bluetooth
>>>>>>>>>> > autofs4                17432  2
>>>>>>>>>> > root@beaglebone:/lib/modules/3.8.13/kernel/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050#
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > ls /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio* -d
>>>>>>>>>> > /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > Of course, this all makes perfect sense since the driver should
>>>>>>>>>> exit
>>>>>>>>>> > upon failing the 'probe':
>>>>>>>>>> > https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/blob/3.8/drivers/iio/
>>>>>>>>>> imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_core.c#L658
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > I'd have to look up how to turn on more debugging statements.
>>>>>>>>>>  I tried
>>>>>>>>>> > the hints at http://elinux.org/Debugging_by_printing, but I'm
>>>>>>>>>> > surprised the 'dmesg' log didn't show any extra errors.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> What constitutes “successful installation”?
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> What else is needed to get the inv-mpu6050 to expose
>>>>>>>>>> functions in
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> /sys/bus/iio/devices like the driver sources says?
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > I don't think anything else should be required. To build the
>>>>>>>>>> kernel
>>>>>>>>>> > properly, there are a few things that need to be enabled
>>>>>>>>>> > (https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/blob/3.8/drivers/iio/
>>>>>>>>>> imu/inv_mpu6050/Kconfig):
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > INV_MPU6050_IIO, I2C, SYSFS, IIO_BUFFER, IIO_TRIGGERED_BUFFER
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > And they are all there:
>>>>>>>>>> > https://github.com/beagleboard/kernel/blob/3.8/configs/
>>>>>>>>>> beaglebone#L3676
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> Beaglebone Black uses bone_capemgr for exposing driver
>>>>>>>>>> functions for many
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> devices.  “echo inv-mpu6050 0x68 >
>>>>>>>>>> /sys/devices/bone_capmgr.9/slots” raises
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> the gripe “write error: no such file or directory”.  (I can
>>>>>>>>>> successfully
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> load the am33xx_pwm driver this way.) Is this because there
>>>>>>>>>> is no matching
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> DT fragment in /lib/firmware?
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > Yes.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> Is the inv-mpu6050 driver supposed to be
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> invoked thru cape manager?
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > No, because the I2C bus software provides another mechanism. I
>>>>>>>>>> believe
>>>>>>>>>> > you could create a DT fragment, but I think it is pointless.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> Then, most importantly, if I did read and write through the
>>>>>>>>>> /sys tree
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> using the Invensense driver would it be faster than
>>>>>>>>>> /dev/i2c?
>>>>>>>>>> > >>> Help on sorting this out would be much appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > Yes, because the driver running in kernel mode is going to be
>>>>>>>>>> higher
>>>>>>>>>> > performance than your pokes from userspace.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > >
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