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@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ Module Parameters
23 Forcibly enable the PIIX4. DANGEROUS! 23 Forcibly enable the PIIX4. DANGEROUS!
24* force_addr: int 24* force_addr: int
25 Forcibly enable the PIIX4 at the given address. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! 25 Forcibly enable the PIIX4 at the given address. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!
26* fix_hstcfg: int
27 Fix config register. Needed on some boards (Force CPCI735).
28 26
29 27
30Description 28Description
@@ -68,7 +66,19 @@ this driver on those mainboards.
68The ServerWorks Southbridges, the Intel 440MX, and the Victory766 are 66The ServerWorks Southbridges, the Intel 440MX, and the Victory766 are
69identical to the PIIX4 in I2C/SMBus support. 67identical to the PIIX4 in I2C/SMBus support.
70 68
71A few OSB4 southbridges are known to be misconfigured by the BIOS. In this 69If you own Force CPCI735 motherboard or other OSB4 based systems you may need
72case, you have you use the fix_hstcfg module parameter. Do not use it 70to change the SMBus Interrupt Select register so the SMBus controller uses
73unless you know you have to, because in some cases it also breaks 71the SMI mode.
74configuration on southbridges that don't need it. 72
731) Use lspci command and locate the PCI device with the SMBus controller:
74 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 4f)
75 The line may vary for different chipsets. Please consult the driver source
76 for all possible PCI ids (and lspci -n to match them). Lets assume the
77 device is located at 00:0f.0.
782) Now you just need to change the value in 0xD2 register. Get it first with
79 command: lspci -xxx -s 00:0f.0
80 If the value is 0x3 then you need to change it to 0x1
81 setpci -s 00:0f.0 d2.b=1
82
83Please note that you don't need to do that in all cases, just when the SMBus is
84not working properly.