Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:19:15 -0400 From: "Joseph Gleason" <clash@tasam.com> To: "Joseph Gleason" <clash@tasam.com>, <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Paul" <tribble@tribble.net> Subject: Re: AMD MB + I/O address -> /dev/mem byteoffset question Message-ID: <006201c0c7a5$95b481a0$dc02010a@battleship> References: <20010417113743.A73797@tribble.net> <005a01c0c7a0$b8e2cce0$dc02010a@battleship>
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Not to mention the manual has a picture of a motherboard doing an ID4 style attack on a major city. That dosen't touch IWills space cartoon people though... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Gleason" <clash@tasam.com> To: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Paul" <tribble@tribble.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 20:44 Subject: Re: AMD MB + I/O address -> /dev/mem byteoffset question > I like the Abit KT7A. It works well...and the chip on the board that > normally just has a heat sink has a fan as well. > > There are 4 3pin fan headers in various places around the board. > > All configuration is via bios soft menu rather than jumpers (this can be > good or bad, depending on your outlook and if the board autodetects your > chip correctly). > > There are two USB ports in the normal ATX place as well as a header and > internal cable for two more, if you like that sort of thing. > > > This brings up a somewhat unrealated point. In the manual it says: > "Hardware monitoring features for temperatures, fans and voltages will > occupy I/O address from 294H to 297H." > > Can I access that memory block by reading from a byte offset in /dev/mem? > If so, what offset? Can someone explain the XXXH notation in terms of > actual memory or point me somewhere that does? > > I am intersted in writing a little peice of software that will query these > values. If I can read the appropriate chunk, I'm sure I can figure out > exactly what byte is what by seeing what values change when I do diffrent > things. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul" <tribble@tribble.net> > To: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 13:37 > Subject: AMD MB > > > > Looking for suggestions on a good motherboard that supports AMD > > Thunderbird well under FreeBSD. Which ones have the least issues and best > > performance? > > > > Regards, > > Paul > > <tribble@tribble.net> > > http://www.tribble.net/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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