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| author | Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> | 2007-09-18 00:01:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> | 2007-09-18 00:01:27 +0000 |
| commit | d8a18a2adbe62aa0928515de1850f8e1722f69b9 (patch) | |
| tree | f9594be5d8081fd4ecaf339713b2f2d5cfa3071b | |
| parent | 519419b476a5e5eaa364151ca33da8055a6f7f80 (diff) | |
Add a README for superiotool (trivial).
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@2780 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
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diff --git a/util/superiotool/README b/util/superiotool/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2502fbfcea --- /dev/null +++ b/util/superiotool/README @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Superiotool README +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Superiotool is a user-space utility which can + + - detect which Super I/O chip is soldered onto your mainboard, + + - at which configuration port it's located (usually 0x2e or 0x4e), and + + - dump all register contents of the Super I/O chip, together with the + default values as per datasheet (to make comparing the values easy). + +It is mainly used for LinuxBIOS development purposes (see linuxbios.org +for details on LinuxBIOS), but it may also be useful for other things. + + +Installation +------------ + + $ svn co svn://linuxbios.org/repos/trunk/util/superiotool + + $ make + + $ sudo make install + + +Usage +----- + + $ superiotool + +Currently the tool will automatically try to detect which Super I/O you +have, and also dump the register contents. + + +Supported Super I/O Chips +------------------------- + +Please see http://linuxbios.org/Superiotool#Supported_devices. + + +Website and Mailing List +------------------------ + +The main website is http://linuxbios.org/Superiotool. + +For additional information, patches, and discussions, please join the +LinuxBIOS mailing list at http://linuxbios.org/Mailinglist, where most +superiotool developers are subscribed. + + +Copyright and License +--------------------- + +Superiotool is copyrighted by a number of individual developers. Please +refer to the respective source code files for details. + +It is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), +either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + |