X-Git-Url: http://wien.tomnetworks.com/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=util%2Fsuperiotool%2FREADME;h=0a969c596bc7d096554a2a65520e358a23b81599;hb=51f6a206801aa6c05c2f8a6db12262a6c695e202;hp=9fef6306ccf02cb6bc5a8d0ce56f4d5b01c6c7d1;hpb=eddc473ce0753bfd8aa55cc19bcec991866694fd;p=coreboot.git diff --git a/util/superiotool/README b/util/superiotool/README index 9fef6306c..0a969c596 100644 --- a/util/superiotool/README +++ b/util/superiotool/README @@ -11,14 +11,20 @@ Superiotool is a user-space utility which can - 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. +It is mainly used for coreboot development purposes (see coreboot.org +for details on coreboot), but it may also be useful for other things. Installation ------------ - $ svn co svn://linuxbios.org/repos/trunk/util/superiotool + $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/util/superiotool + + $ cd superiotool + +Optional: Edit the Makefile and set 'CONFIG_PCI = no' if you don't want to +support PCI-attached "Super I/Os" (which needs libpci-dev) such as the +VIA VT82686A/B southbridge with integrated Super I/O functionality. $ make @@ -28,16 +34,10 @@ Installation Usage ----- - $ superiotool [-d] [-D] [-V] [-v] [-h] - - -d | --dump Dump Super I/O registers - -D | --dump-readable Dump Super I/O registers in human-readable format - -V | --verbose Verbose mode - -v | --version Show the superiotool version - -h | --help Show a short help text +Please read the superiotool(8) manpage or type 'superiotool --help'. Per default (no options) superiotool will just probe for a Super I/O -and print its vendor, name, ID, version, and config port. +and print its vendor, name, ID, revision, and config port. Typical usage of superiotool: @@ -49,24 +49,27 @@ Typical usage of superiotool: $ superiotool -d - - Detailed register dump in human-readable format: - - $ superiotool -D - Supported Super I/O Chips ------------------------- -Please see http://linuxbios.org/Superiotool#Supported_devices. +Please see http://coreboot.org/Superiotool#Supported_devices, or type + + $ superiotool -l + +There's also a collection of sample register dumps from various Super I/O +chips on that web page. Please send further register dumps (either from a +proprietary BIOS and/or from coreboot) to the coreboot mailing list +(http://coreboot.org/Mailinglist). Website and Mailing List ------------------------ -The main website is http://linuxbios.org/Superiotool. +The main website is http://coreboot.org/Superiotool. For additional information, patches, and discussions, please join the -LinuxBIOS mailing list at http://linuxbios.org/Mailinglist, where most +coreboot mailing list at http://coreboot.org/Mailinglist, where most superiotool developers are subscribed. @@ -77,5 +80,37 @@ 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. +either version 2 of the license, or (at your option) any later version. + + +Contributors +------------ + +Anders Juel Jensen +Andriy Gapon +Arjan Koers <0h3q2rmn2bdb@list.nospam.xutrox.com> +Bingxun Shi +Carl-Daniel Hailfinger +David Bartley +David Hendricks +François-Regis Vuillemin +Frieder Ferlemann +Idwer Vollering +Ioannis Barkas +Josh Profitt +Luc Verhaegen +Michael Gold +Michał Mirosław +Nikos Barkas +Rasmus Wiman +Robinson P. Tryon +Ronald Hoogenboom +Ronald Minnich +Sean Young +Stefan Reinauer +Tom Sylla +Ulf Jordan +Urja Rannikko +Uwe Hermann +Ward Vandewege