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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 18:20:36 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 18:20:36 -0400 |
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Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
infrastructure for it.
Let it rip!
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1 | Kernel driver i2c-ali15x3 | ||
2 | |||
3 | Supported adapters: | ||
4 | * Acer Labs, Inc. ALI 1533 and 1543C (south bridge) | ||
5 | Datasheet: Now under NDA | ||
6 | http://www.ali.com.tw/eng/support/datasheet_request.php | ||
7 | |||
8 | Authors: | ||
9 | Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, | ||
10 | Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>, | ||
11 | Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> | ||
12 | |||
13 | Module Parameters | ||
14 | ----------------- | ||
15 | |||
16 | * force_addr: int | ||
17 | Initialize the base address of the i2c controller | ||
18 | |||
19 | |||
20 | Notes | ||
21 | ----- | ||
22 | |||
23 | The force_addr parameter is useful for boards that don't set the address in | ||
24 | the BIOS. Does not do a PCI force; the device must still be present in | ||
25 | lspci. Don't use this unless the driver complains that the base address is | ||
26 | not set. | ||
27 | |||
28 | Example: 'modprobe i2c-ali15x3 force_addr=0xe800' | ||
29 | |||
30 | SMBus periodically hangs on ASUS P5A motherboards and can only be cleared | ||
31 | by a power cycle. Cause unknown (see Issues below). | ||
32 | |||
33 | |||
34 | Description | ||
35 | ----------- | ||
36 | |||
37 | This is the driver for the SMB Host controller on Acer Labs Inc. (ALI) | ||
38 | M1541 and M1543C South Bridges. | ||
39 | |||
40 | The M1543C is a South bridge for desktop systems. | ||
41 | The M1541 is a South bridge for portable systems. | ||
42 | They are part of the following ALI chipsets: | ||
43 | |||
44 | * "Aladdin Pro 2" includes the M1621 Slot 1 North bridge with AGP and | ||
45 | 100MHz CPU Front Side bus | ||
46 | * "Aladdin V" includes the M1541 Socket 7 North bridge with AGP and 100MHz | ||
47 | CPU Front Side bus | ||
48 | Some Aladdin V motherboards: | ||
49 | Asus P5A | ||
50 | Atrend ATC-5220 | ||
51 | BCM/GVC VP1541 | ||
52 | Biostar M5ALA | ||
53 | Gigabyte GA-5AX (** Generally doesn't work because the BIOS doesn't | ||
54 | enable the 7101 device! **) | ||
55 | Iwill XA100 Plus | ||
56 | Micronics C200 | ||
57 | Microstar (MSI) MS-5169 | ||
58 | |||
59 | * "Aladdin IV" includes the M1541 Socket 7 North bridge | ||
60 | with host bus up to 83.3 MHz. | ||
61 | |||
62 | For an overview of these chips see http://www.acerlabs.com. At this time the | ||
63 | full data sheets on the web site are password protected, however if you | ||
64 | contact the ALI office in San Jose they may give you the password. | ||
65 | |||
66 | The M1533/M1543C devices appear as FOUR separate devices on the PCI bus. An | ||
67 | output of lspci will show something similar to the following: | ||
68 | |||
69 | 00:02.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. M5237 (rev 03) | ||
70 | 00:03.0 Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. M7101 <= THIS IS THE ONE WE NEED | ||
71 | 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. M1533 (rev c3) | ||
72 | 00:0f.0 IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. M5229 (rev c1) | ||
73 | |||
74 | ** IMPORTANT ** | ||
75 | ** If you have a M1533 or M1543C on the board and you get | ||
76 | ** "ali15x3: Error: Can't detect ali15x3!" | ||
77 | ** then run lspci. | ||
78 | ** If you see the 1533 and 5229 devices but NOT the 7101 device, | ||
79 | ** then you must enable ACPI, the PMU, SMB, or something similar | ||
80 | ** in the BIOS. | ||
81 | ** The driver won't work if it can't find the M7101 device. | ||
82 | |||
83 | The SMB controller is part of the M7101 device, which is an ACPI-compliant | ||
84 | Power Management Unit (PMU). | ||
85 | |||
86 | The whole M7101 device has to be enabled for the SMB to work. You can't | ||
87 | just enable the SMB alone. The SMB and the ACPI have separate I/O spaces. | ||
88 | We make sure that the SMB is enabled. We leave the ACPI alone. | ||
89 | |||
90 | Features | ||
91 | -------- | ||
92 | |||
93 | This driver controls the SMB Host only. The SMB Slave | ||
94 | controller on the M15X3 is not enabled. This driver does not use | ||
95 | interrupts. | ||
96 | |||
97 | |||
98 | Issues | ||
99 | ------ | ||
100 | |||
101 | This driver requests the I/O space for only the SMB | ||
102 | registers. It doesn't use the ACPI region. | ||
103 | |||
104 | On the ASUS P5A motherboard, there are several reports that | ||
105 | the SMBus will hang and this can only be resolved by | ||
106 | powering off the computer. It appears to be worse when the board | ||
107 | gets hot, for example under heavy CPU load, or in the summer. | ||
108 | There may be electrical problems on this board. | ||
109 | On the P5A, the W83781D sensor chip is on both the ISA and | ||
110 | SMBus. Therefore the SMBus hangs can generally be avoided | ||
111 | by accessing the W83781D on the ISA bus only. | ||
112 | |||