From 14934f7c4808998043e8e626248abf9eaa0f575c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Mark D. Studebaker" Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:23:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (mds) update documentation about m7101 module, add pointer to 0.1 version. git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@913 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0 --- doc/busses/i2c-ali15x3 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- prog/hotplug/README | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/busses/i2c-ali15x3 b/doc/busses/i2c-ali15x3 index 82592258..df4e383b 100644 --- a/doc/busses/i2c-ali15x3 +++ b/doc/busses/i2c-ali15x3 @@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ to the following: ** "ali15x3.o: Error: Can't detect ali15x3!" ** then run lspci. ** If you see the 1533 and 5229 devices but NOT the 7101 device, -** then you MUST enable ACPI, the PMU, SMB, or something similar +** then you must enable ACPI, the PMU, SMB, or something similar ** in the BIOS. If you can't figure out how to enable the -** 7101 device in the BIOS, you have to upgrade your BIOS. +** 7101 device in the BIOS, you can try one of the "hotplug" modules - +** see below. ** The driver won't work if it can't find the 7101 device. The SMB controller is part of the 7101 device, which is an @@ -108,3 +109,18 @@ There may be electrical problems on this board. On the P5A, the W83781D sensor chip is on both the ISA and SMBus. Therefore the SMBus hangs can generally be avoided by accessing the W83781D on the ISA bus only. + + +Hot Plug Modules +---------------- +There are EXPERIMENTAL "hotplug" modules which will enable the +m7101 device if it is not enabled on your motherboard. +Use these at your own risk. Read the README file carefully. + +m7101 Version 0.1 for 2.2 and early 2.3 kernels: + README: http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/misc/README-m7101.txt + source and README: http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/misc/m7101-0.1.tar.gz + +m7101 Version 0.2 for 2.4 and later 2.3 kernels: + In the directory prog/hotplug in this package. + Must be built separately. diff --git a/prog/hotplug/README b/prog/hotplug/README index 6df9806a..0fca6e5b 100644 --- a/prog/hotplug/README +++ b/prog/hotplug/README @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ M7101 - SMBus Support for ALi M15x3 based motherboards. -------------------------------------------------------- -Quick Start: +Quick Start (2.4 kernels only): + "lspci" to verify that 7101 device is not present "make" (as root) "make install" (as root) "insmod m7101" "lspci" to verify that 7101 device is present + +-------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.2 for 2.4.0-testx kernels. @@ -15,6 +18,27 @@ Mark D. Studebaker *** You must have 'Support for hot-pluggable devices' enabled *** in your kernel (under 'general setup') for this module to work!! +For 2.2 and early 2.3 kernels you must use version 0.1; +version 0.2 will not work. +Version 0.1 does not use the kernel hotplug facility. +Obtain version 0.1 here: + + README: http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/misc/README-m7101.txt + source and README: http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/misc/m7101-0.1.tar.gz + + + +-------------------------------------------------------- +Notes below for the 0.2 version, MDS. +-------------------------------------------------------- +Default I/O addresses are 0xe800 for SMBus and 0xec00 for ACPI. + +These can be changed at module insertion. +For example: + insmod m7101 smb_io=0x5000 acpi_io=0x4000 + + +-------------------------------------------------------- Notes below from the 0.1 version, B. Kohl. --------------------------------------------------------