From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 7 07:13:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA00329 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 07:13:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sendero.simon-shapiro.org (sendero-fddi.Simon-Shapiro.ORG [206.190.148.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA00312 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 07:12:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shimon@simon-shapiro.org) Received: (qmail 24912 invoked from network); 7 Apr 1998 14:22:25 -0000 Received: from localhost.simon-shapiro.org (HELO sendero-fxp0.simon-shapiro.org) (@127.0.0.1) by localhost.simon-shapiro.org with SMTP; 7 Apr 1998 14:22:25 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3-alpha-032998 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199804070722.AAA01240@antipodes.cdrom.com> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 07:22:25 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: Mike Smith Subject: Re: DMI etc Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Pete Carah Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 07-Apr-98 Mike Smith wrote: >> > The DMI taskforce (www.dmtf.org) publishes various standards >> > describing >> > this. There is code in -current to locate the DMI BIOS signature, but >> > no more (yet). >> > >> > An enthusiastic DMI developer would be welcomed with open arms. >> >> The new WDT driver, to be checked in RSN, includes all these functions. >> It >> uses the ICS WDT-501P and provides alarms and kernel ans/or user >> callbacks >> for Temperature, fan speed, high voltage and low voltage alarms, as well >> as >> a (8 bit) temperature reading. > > Any particular reason that you went for a hardware-specific solution? > Was the DMI BIOS support inadequate for your requirements? Should we > pursue a different DMI framework? > > Enquiring minds wouldn't mind knowing. 8) * The card has all the hardware on it and thus independant of any underlying hardware. All you need is an ISA slot on any computer. * Rather inexpensive too. * If you want, I'll add DMI compatability to the driver. Or you can add it too :-) * I wrote the driver before knowing what DMI is. * BIOS independant. Simon ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message