| Kernel driver i2c-viapro |
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| Supported adapters: |
| * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596A/B |
| Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website |
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| * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686A/B |
| Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website |
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| * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8235, VT8237 |
| Datasheet: available on request from Via |
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| Authors: |
| Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, |
| Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>, |
| Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>, |
| Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com> |
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| Module Parameters |
| ----------------- |
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| * force: int |
| Forcibly enable the SMBus controller. DANGEROUS! |
| * force_addr: int |
| Forcibly enable the SMBus at the given address. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! |
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| Description |
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| i2c-viapro is a true SMBus host driver for motherboards with one of the |
| supported VIA southbridges. |
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| Your lspci -n listing must show one of these : |
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| device 1106:3050 (VT82C596 function 3) |
| device 1106:3051 (VT82C596 function 3) |
| device 1106:3057 (VT82C686 function 4) |
| device 1106:3074 (VT8233) |
| device 1106:3147 (VT8233A) |
| device 1106:8235 (VT8231) |
| devide 1106:3177 (VT8235) |
| devide 1106:3227 (VT8237) |
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| If none of these show up, you should look in the BIOS for settings like |
| enable ACPI / SMBus or even USB. |
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