Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 22:43:29 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: smb driver for Nvidia ION (intel ATOM) chipset Message-ID: <20100107064329.GA55892@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20100107063831.GA53300@icarus.home.lan> References: <20100105192746.cc627795.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20100107063413.614058fc.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <20100107063831.GA53300@icarus.home.lan>
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On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 10:38:31PM -0800, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > If you look inside /usr/ports/sysutils/mbmon/work/xmbmon205 once > the port is built (e.g. "make"), you'll find there are other utilities > for attempting to find the slave address, such as "testsmb" > > Be aware that these devices can contain more than one address on the > bus. Be aware that "probing" is risky business as well -- I've seen Oops, accidentally deleted the lines after this. :-) Should have read: I've seen testsmb as well as my own utilities (which perform only reads across SMBus) result in some hardware lock-ups and watchdogs firing. It's best to be as safe/accurate as possible (the software should be told explicitly what chip you have). -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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