RFC:new superio proposal

[Adam Sulmicki]

mostly laptops. for example

	IBM ThinkPad T23
	IBM ThinkPad T30

On Wed, 14 May 2003, steven james wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> That sounds interesting can you point me to a mainboard that uses one of
> those?
>
> G'day,
> sjames
>
>
>
> On Tue, 13 May 2003, Bari Ari wrote:
>
> > Another change in super i/o resources is the use of a microprocessor
> > rather than a hardwired super i/o chip. In laptops and mobile devices
> > the current and future trend is to use a 16 bit cpu with I/O ports (PS2,
> > serial, parallel, keyboard scan, GPIO, SMbus) that interfaces to the
> > chipset using LPC bus. The 16 bit cpu has internal flash for the
> > firmware that may be reprogrammed in circuit via the LPC and/or other
> > ports. This cpu is used as a system power keyboard controller as well as
> > super i/o.
> >
> > We have been working a bit on having open firmware for these as well.
> >
> > The new super i/o structure of freebios2 should also account for these
> > changes.
> >
> > --Bari
> >
> >
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>
>


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