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NAME

       superiotool - Super I/O detection tool

SYNOPSIS

       superiotool [-delVvh]

DESCRIPTION

       superiotool is a GPL’d user-space utility which can

        * detect which Super I/O chip is soldered onto your mainboard,

        * at which configuration port it’s located (usually 0x2e or 0x4e), and

        * 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 coreboot development purposes (see coreboot.org
       for details on coreboot), but it may also be useful for other things.

       The   list   of   supported   Super   I/O   chips   is   available   at
       http://coreboot.org/Superiotool#Supported_devices,  but  it can also be
       viewed by running superiotool -l.

OPTIONS

       If no command line option is specified,  superiotool  merely  tries  to
       detect  the  Super  I/O  chip.   You must use the -d option to dump the
       Super I/O register contents.

       -d, --dump
              Dump Super I/O registers (if the Super I/O chip is detected  and
              superiotool  supports  the  --dump  option  for  this chip). The
              output will look something like this:

              $ superiotool -d
              Found SMSC FDC37N769 (id=0x28, rev=0x01) at 0x3f0
              Register dump:
              idx 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 11...
              val 20 90 80 f4 00 00 ff 00 00 00 40 00 0e 28 01 00 00 00...
              def 28 9c 88 70 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 00 02 28 NA 00 00 80...

              The idx fields contain the register numbers/indexes of the Super
              I/O,  the  val  fields  contain  the  contents of the respective
              register as read from the Super I/O, and the def fields  contain
              the  default values for the respective register, as specified in
              the datasheet.

              The numbers in the output  are  all  in  hex  format,  and  some
              special  values  may  also  occur:  NA  stands for not available
              (i.e., the datasheet doesn’t specify a  default  value  for  the
              respective   register),   RR   means   reserved  (the  datasheet
              explicitly marks this register as reserved), and MM means  misc,
              which  can  mean several things. It’s recommended to consult the
              datasheet for detailed information about the MM fields.

       -e, --extra-dump
              Dump extra secondary register contents too, if  available.  Only
              in  combination  with  the  --dump option. This option will, for
              instance, dump the environmental controller  (EC)  configuration
              registers for the ITE IT8716F chip. The format is similar to the
              output of the --dump option.

       -l, --list-supported
              List all Super I/O chips recognized by superiotool.  The  phrase
              (dump   available)   following   a   chip  name  indicates  that
              superiotool supports the --dump option for this chip.

       -V, --verbose
              Enable verbose mode. This option can be used together  with  the
              -d option.

              The  verbose  output  will not only list for which type of Super
              I/O the tool is scanning, but also at which  configuration  port
              it’s  probing,  and  which  Super I/O initialization sequence is
              used. If no Super  I/O  was  detected  in  a  probing  run,  the
              returned  output will be shown, as it may be useful for figuring
              out which (currently unrecognized) Super I/O chip this may be.

       -v, --version
              Show version information and exit.

       -h, --help
              Show a help text and exit.

BUGS

       Please            report            any             bugs             at
       http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/newticket  or on the coreboot
       mailing list (http://coreboot.org/Mailinglist).

AUTHORS

       Please see the individual source code files and/or the README file.

LICENCE

       superiotool is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL),  either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

SEE ALSO

       sensors-detect(8)

                               January 18, 2008