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'''Superiotool''' is a GPL'd user-space helper tool for coreboot development purposes (but may also be useful for other things). It allows you to detect which [[wikipedia:Super I/O|Super I/O]] you have on your mainboard, and it can provide detailed information about the register contents of the Super I/O. | '''Superiotool''' is a GPL'd user-space helper tool for coreboot development purposes (but may also be useful for other things). It allows you to detect which [[wikipedia:Super I/O|Super I/O]] you have on your mainboard, and it can provide detailed information about the register contents of the Super I/O. | ||
This utility should work on most modern UNIX-like operating systems; it has been tested on at least Linux and FreeBSD. | |||
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== Installation == | == Installation == | ||
'''Manual installation''' | |||
$ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/util/superiotool | $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/util/superiotool | ||
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$ sudo make install | $ sudo make install | ||
'''Debian''' | |||
$ apt-get install superiotool | $ apt-get install superiotool |
Revision as of 23:12, 28 October 2008
Superiotool is a GPL'd user-space helper tool for coreboot development purposes (but may also be useful for other things). It allows you to detect which Super I/O you have on your mainboard, and it can provide detailed information about the register contents of the Super I/O.
This utility should work on most modern UNIX-like operating systems; it has been tested on at least Linux and FreeBSD.
Supported devices
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1 Previosly National Semiconductor, now bought by Winbond.
2 Register dump output from a running coreboot system (vs. proprietary BIOS).
Installation
Manual installation
$ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/util/superiotool $ cd superiotool $ make $ sudo make install
Debian
$ apt-get install superiotool
Usage
Probe/detect the Super I/O in your mainboard:
$ superiotool
Register dump as table of hex-values (if the Super I/O is detected):
$ superiotool -d
Please see the README for further information.
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This work is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version. This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. |