1 .TH SUPERIOTOOL 8 "October 11, 2007"
3 superiotool \- Super I/O detection tool
5 .B superiotool \fR[\fB\-dVvh\fR]
8 is a GPL'd user-space utility which can
10 * detect which Super I/O chip is soldered onto your mainboard,
12 * at which configuration port it's located (usually 0x2e or 0x4e), and
14 * dump all register contents of the Super I/O chip, together with the
15 default values as per datasheet (to make comparing the values easy).
17 It is mainly used for LinuxBIOS development purposes (see linuxbios.org
18 for details on LinuxBIOS), but it may also be useful for other things.
20 The list of supported Super I/O chips is available at:
22 .B http://linuxbios.org/Superiotool#Supported_devices
24 If no command line option is specified,
26 merely tries to detect the Super I/O chip.
29 option to dump the Super I/O register contents.
32 Dump Super I/O registers (if the Super I/O chip is detected and
36 option for this chip). The output will look something like this:
38 .B "$ ./superiotool -d"
40 Found SMSC FDC37N769 (id=0x28, rev=0x01) at 0x3f0
44 idx 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 11...
46 val 20 90 80 f4 00 00 ff 00 00 00 40 00 0e 28 01 00 00 00...
48 def 28 9c 88 70 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 00 02 28 NA 00 00 80...
52 fields contain the register numbers/indexes of the Super I/O, the
54 fields contain the contents of the respective register as read from the
57 fields contain the default values for the respective register, as specified
60 The numbers in the output are all in hex format, and some special values
64 (i.e., the datasheet doesn't specify a default value for the respective
68 (the datasheet explicitly marks this register as reserved), and
71 which can mean several things. It's recommended to consult the datasheet for
72 detailed information about the
76 Enable verbose mode. This option can be used together with the
79 The verbose output will not only list for which type of Super I/O the tool
80 is scanning, but also at which configuration port it's probing, and which
81 Super I/O initialization sequence is used. If no Super I/O was detected
82 in a probing run, the returned output will be shown, as it may be useful
83 for figuring out which (currently unrecognized) Super I/O chip this may be.
86 Show version information and exit.
89 Show a help text and exit.
91 Please report any bugs at http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/
92 or on the LinuxBIOS mailing list (http://linuxbios.org/Mailinglist).
94 Please see the individual source code files and/or the README file.
97 is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), either version 2 of
98 the License, or (at your option) any later version.
100 .BR sensors-detect (8)