From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 11 20:11:27 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB81A106566B for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:11:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A60598FC17 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:11:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Sp3Ft-0002oi-MQ for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:11:25 +0200 Received: from pool-173-79-96-198.washdc.fios.verizon.net ([173.79.96.198]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:11:25 +0200 Received: from nightrecon by pool-173-79-96-198.washdc.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:11:25 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:11:13 -0400 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <4FFDD01E.8030308@rawbw.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-79-96-198.washdc.fios.verizon.net Subject: Re: How to make /dev/smb appear? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@hotmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:11:27 -0000 Yuri wrote: > I need to run decode-dimms from i2c-tools and it requires /dev/smb: > SMBus device not found > > Googling the previous topics suggests that 'device smbios' in kernel > config should have helped, but it didn't. smbus.ko and smb.ko are both > loaded. > > What should I do to make /deb/smb appear? > On an old box I have here this works, and is somewhat chipset specific as in an 865PE with the ICH5 south bridge. I load kernel modules at boot: smb.ko, smbus.ko, and ichsmb.ko. It's probably the last one you're missing, and I don't know how much forward into the ICH versions it supports. It is this last 'connector' module that has to match and support your hardware. It is also dependent upon device pci being present. I believe there exists a couple of modules like this one for other chipsets. If there is one that is supporting your south bridge load it instead. -MIke