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.Dd February 7, 2013
.Dt SEEPROM 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm seeprom
.Nd 24-series I2C EEPROM driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "seeprom0 at iic0 addr 0x50 size 128"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for the 24-series of I2C EEPROMs,
available from a variety of vendors.
.Pp
Access to the contents of the memory is through a character device.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr iic 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device appeared in
.Nx 2.0 .
.Sh BUGS
AT24C1024 EEPROM's are not supported.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver reads and writes one byte at a time to be compatible with all
controllers.