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Document how to run config-pin at boot
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## Create file `/usr/bin/enable-i2c-pins.sh`
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**sudo vi /usr/bin/enable-i2c-pins.sh**
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```
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#!/bin/bash
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config-pin p9.17 i2c
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config-pin p9.18 i2c
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```
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**sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/enable-i2c-pins.sh**
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## Create file `/lib/systemd/system/enable-i2c-pins.service`
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**sudo vi /lib/systemd/system/enable-i2c-pins.service**
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```
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[Unit]
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Description=Enable I2C pins
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After=generic-board-startup.service
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[Service]
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Type=simple
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ExecStart=/usr/bin/enable-i2c-pins.sh
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[Install]
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WantedBy=multi-user.target
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```
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## Enable the new systemd service
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**sudo systemctl daemon-reload**
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**sudo systemctl enable enable-i2c-pins.service**
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```
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Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/enable-i2c-pins.service → /lib/systemd/system/enable-i2c-pins.service.
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```
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## Reboot and test
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**sudo systemctl status enable-i2c-pins.service**
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```
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debian@beaglebone:~$ sudo systemctl status enable-i2c-pins.service
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● enable-i2c-pins.service - Enable I2C pins
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Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/enable-i2c-pins.service; enabled)
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Active: inactive (dead) since Wed 2017-04-19 06:35:06 UTC; 48s ago
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Process: 649 ExecStart=/usr/bin/enable-i2c-pins.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
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Main PID: 649 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
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Apr 19 06:35:05 beaglebone sudo[664]: root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash -c echo i2c > /sys/devices/platform/ocp/ocp:P9_17_pinmux/state
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Apr 19 06:35:05 beaglebone sudo[664]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
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Apr 19 06:35:05 beaglebone sudo[664]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
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Apr 19 06:35:06 beaglebone sudo[677]: root : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash -c echo i2c > /sys/devices/platform/ocp/ocp:P9_18_pinmux/state
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Apr 19 06:35:06 beaglebone sudo[677]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
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Apr 19 06:35:06 beaglebone sudo[677]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
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```
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**config-pin -q p9.17 && config-pin -q p9.18**
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```
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debian@beaglebone:~$ config-pin -q p9.17 && config-pin -q p9.18
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P9_17 Mode: i2c
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P9_18 Mode: i2c
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```

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