coreboot-kgpe-d16/util/superiotool
Uwe Hermann 09203573c1 Add a manpage for superiotool (trivial).
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>



git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@2832 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
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COPYING Add a copy of the GPL (trivial). 2007-10-03 18:56:51 +00:00
Makefile Add a manpage for superiotool (trivial). 2007-10-07 15:26:40 +00:00
README De-uglify the --version output (trivial). 2007-10-01 13:39:02 +00:00
ali.c * Convert the NSC code to the common code structure all other Super I/Os use. 2007-10-04 15:23:38 +00:00
fintek.c * Convert the NSC code to the common code structure all other Super I/Os use. 2007-10-04 15:23:38 +00:00
ite.c Add dump support for the ITE IT8661F. Note that this chip will not yet 2007-10-05 13:47:04 +00:00
nsc.c * Convert the NSC code to the common code structure all other Super I/Os use. 2007-10-04 15:23:38 +00:00
smsc.c Dump support for the SMSC FDC37B72x. 2007-10-07 15:12:12 +00:00
superiotool.8 Add a manpage for superiotool (trivial). 2007-10-07 15:26:40 +00:00
superiotool.c * Convert the NSC code to the common code structure all other Super I/Os use. 2007-10-04 15:23:38 +00:00
superiotool.h * Convert the NSC code to the common code structure all other Super I/Os use. 2007-10-04 15:23:38 +00:00
winbond.c Add dump support for the Winbond W83627HF/F/HG/G. 2007-10-05 21:58:03 +00:00

README

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Superiotool README
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Superiotool is a user-space utility which can

 - detect which Super I/O chip is soldered onto your mainboard,

 - at which configuration port it's located (usually 0x2e or 0x4e), and

 - dump all register contents of the Super I/O chip, together with the
   default values as per datasheet (to make comparing the values easy).

It is mainly used for LinuxBIOS development purposes (see linuxbios.org
for details on LinuxBIOS), but it may also be useful for other things.


Installation
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 $ svn co svn://linuxbios.org/repos/trunk/util/superiotool

 $ make

 $ sudo make install


Usage
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 $ superiotool [-d] [-D] [-V] [-v] [-h]

 -d | --dump            Dump Super I/O registers
 -D | --dump-readable   Dump Super I/O registers in human-readable format
 -V | --verbose         Verbose mode
 -v | --version         Show the superiotool version
 -h | --help            Show a short help text

Per default (no options) superiotool will just probe for a Super I/O
and print its vendor, name, ID, revision, and config port.

Typical usage of superiotool:

 - Probe/detect the Super I/O in your mainboard:

   $ superiotool

 - Register dump as table of hex-values of the Super I/O (if detected):

   $ superiotool -d

 - Detailed register dump in human-readable format:

   $ superiotool -D


Supported Super I/O Chips
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Please see http://linuxbios.org/Superiotool#Supported_devices.


Website and Mailing List
------------------------

The main website is http://linuxbios.org/Superiotool.

For additional information, patches, and discussions, please join the
LinuxBIOS mailing list at http://linuxbios.org/Mailinglist, where most
superiotool developers are subscribed.


Copyright and License
---------------------

Superiotool is copyrighted by a number of individual developers. Please
refer to the respective source code files for details.

It is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL),
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.