How to unbind i2c bus 0 from the i2c driver?

Question

It seems a I2C component (Gyroscope) I am using with my Raspberry Pi B+ makes my Pi Camera hangs after a while.

I read I must unbind the i2c bus 0 from the Linux (Raspbian) from the i2c driver. I tried the following command but it didn't work:

sudo -s echo bcm2708_i2c.0 > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/bcm2708_i2c/unbind

bash: echo: write error: No such device Does anyone have any ideas how to do it?

Answer 1

Using sudo this way has a caveat:

sudo -s echo bcm2708_i2c.0 > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/bcm2708_i2c/unbind
                          ^^^

The > redirects the output of the command which is run sudo, but the redirection itself is done as the regular user. In this case, that won't fly. Instead, su root, do whatever, and then exit to return to your regular user.

I doubt this will fix your XY problem though.