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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 NVIDIA
+
+#include "i2c.hpp"
+
+#include <format>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+namespace i2c
+{
+
+void rebind_controller(std::string_view number)
+{
+    std::string bindpath =
+        std::format("/sys/bus/platform/drivers/aspeed-i2c-bus/unbind", number);
+    std::ofstream bindofs(bindpath);
+    if (!bindofs)
+    {
+        std::cerr << std::format("{} unable to open\n", bindpath);
+        return;
+    }
+    try
+    {
+        bindofs << std::format("{}.i2c\n", number);
+    }
+    catch (const std::system_error& e)
+    {
+        std::cerr << std::format("{} unable to write\n", bindpath);
+        return;
+    }
+    bindofs.close();
+    std::cerr << std::format("{} unbound\n", number);
+
+    std::string unbindpath =
+        std::format("/sys/bus/platform/drivers/aspeed-i2c-bus/bind", number);
+    std::ofstream unbindofs(unbindpath);
+    if (!unbindofs)
+    {
+        std::cerr << std::format("{} unable to open\n", unbindpath);
+        return;
+    }
+    try
+    {
+        unbindofs << std::format("{}.i2c\n", number);
+    }
+    catch (const std::system_error& e)
+    {
+        std::cerr << std::format("{} unable to write\n", unbindpath);
+        return;
+    }
+    std::cerr << std::format("{} bound\n", number);
+}
+
+void new_device(unsigned int bus, unsigned int address,
+                std::string_view device_type)
+{
+    std::string path =
+        std::format("/sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-{}/new_device", bus);
+    std::cerr << std::format("attempting to open {}", path);
+    std::ofstream new_device(path);
+    if (!new_device)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Error: Unable to create I2C device\n";
+        return;
+    }
+    new_device << std::format("{} 0x{:02x}", device_type, address);
+    new_device.close();
+
+    std::cerr << std::format("{} device created at bus {}", device_type, bus);
+}
+} // namespace i2c