Alberto, Maybe, but at least you come bringing good information. Thanks :)

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Alberto Potenza <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Ok,
>
> as usual, after one day searching around, I found the solution 2 minutes
> later I wrote the post.
>
> Here the solution:
> https://github.com/pehrtree/beaglebone_snippets/tree/master/power
>
> Alberto
>
> Il giorno giovedì 31 luglio 2014 11:02:03 UTC+2, Alberto Potenza ha
> scritto:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to see if my Beaglebone black is powered by USB cable or by
>> an external power supply.
>> To do that I would like to read the "Status register " of the TPS65217C.
>> It should be done by using the I2C0. As far as I have understood, it
>> cannot be done by userspace by using  <linux/i2c-dev.h> and open it by
>> /dev/i2c-0.
>>
>> I tried both
>> i2cget 0 0x24 0x0A
>> i2cget -y 0 0x24 0x0A
>>
>> but I obtain always: "Device or resource busy".
>>
>> Is there a way to check what is written in the status register?
>> Or is there another way to check how the Beaglebone black is powered?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Alberto
>>
>> FYI:
>>
>> root@arm:/dev# uname -a
>> Linux arm 3.8.13-bone28 #1 SMP Thu Sep 12 23:22:35 UTC 2013 armv7l
>> GNU/Linux
>>
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