From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 17 5:10:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 081B737B401 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 05:10:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B5EB43E75 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 05:10:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9HCArKg089573 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:10:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9HCAmEr089572 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:10:48 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:10:48 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A curious dmesg output entry Message-ID: <20021017121048.GD88261@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021017010515.87662.qmail@web14702.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021017010515.87662.qmail@web14702.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-10.6 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_01_02,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 06:05:15PM -0700, Wayne Lubin wrote: > So does that means that this ACPI Power Management > Controller is not supported by freebsd? Or does it > mean that I need to compile the corresponding device > driver into the kernel and then it will be > recognized by freebsd? > > --- "Brian M. Kincaid" > > > > wrote: > > > Chip Number: VT82C686A > > > Description: ACPI Power Management Controller That's a supported chipset: happy-idiot-talk:~:% grep viapm /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT # viapm VIA VT82C586B,596,686A and VT8233 SMBus controllers device viapm You need to add: device smbus device viapm device smb to your kernel config, and build yourself a new kernel. Works fine for my VT8233 SMBus controller. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message