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Subject: Re: AMD MB + I/O address -> /dev/mem byteoffset question
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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/
> >
> >
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