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diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/rwmem/rwmem_1.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/rwmem/rwmem_1.2.bb index 0a15134df..5d81fdb4d 100644 --- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/rwmem/rwmem_1.2.bb +++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-bsp/rwmem/rwmem_1.2.bb @@ -1,4 +1,13 @@ SUMMARY = "A small tool to read/write memory" +DESCRIPTION = "rwmem is a small tool for reading and writing device registers. \ +rwmem supports two modes: mmap mode and i2c mode. \ +\ +In mmap mode rwmem accesses a file by memory mapping it. \ +Using /dev/mem as the memory mapped file makes rwmem access memory and \ +can thus be used to access devices which have memory mapped registers. \ +\ +In i2c mode rwmem accesses an i2c peripheral by sending i2c messages to it." + LICENSE = "GPLv2+" LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263" |