| Uwe Hermann | 0920357 | 2007-10-07 15:26:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | .TH SUPERIOTOOL 8 "October 7, 2007" |
| 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | superiotool \- Super I/O detection tool |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 5 | .B superiotool \fR[\fB\-dDVvh\fR] |
| 6 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 7 | .B superiotool |
| 8 | is a GPL'd user-space utility which can |
| 9 | .PP |
| 10 | * detect which Super I/O chip is soldered onto your mainboard, |
| 11 | .PP |
| 12 | * at which configuration port it's located (usually 0x2e or 0x4e), and |
| 13 | .PP |
| 14 | * dump all register contents of the Super I/O chip, together with the |
| 15 | default values as per datasheet (to make comparing the values easy). |
| 16 | .PP |
| 17 | It is mainly used for LinuxBIOS development purposes (see linuxbios.org |
| 18 | for details on LinuxBIOS), but it may also be useful for other things. |
| 19 | .SH OPTIONS |
| 20 | If no command line option is specified, |
| 21 | .B superiotool |
| 22 | merely tries to detect the Super I/O chip. |
| 23 | You must use either the |
| 24 | .BR "\-d" " or the " "\-D" |
| 25 | option to dump the Super I/O register contents. |
| 26 | .TP |
| 27 | .B "\-d, \-\-dump" |
| 28 | Dump Super I/O registers (if the Super I/O chip is detected and |
| 29 | .B superiotool |
| 30 | supports the |
| 31 | .B "\-\-dump" |
| 32 | option for this chip). |
| 33 | .TP |
| 34 | .B "\-D, \-\-dump-readable" |
| 35 | Dump Super I/O registers in human-readable format (if the Super I/O chip |
| 36 | is detected and |
| 37 | .B superiotool |
| 38 | supports the |
| 39 | .B "\-\-dump-readable" |
| 40 | option for this chip). |
| 41 | .TP |
| 42 | .B "\-V, \-\-verbose" |
| 43 | Enable verbose mode. This option can be used together with the |
| 44 | .BR "\-d" " or " "\-D" " option". |
| 45 | .TP |
| 46 | .B "\-v, \-\-version" |
| 47 | Show version information and exit. |
| 48 | .TP |
| 49 | .B "\-h, \-\-help" |
| 50 | Show a help text and exit. |
| 51 | .SH BUGS |
| 52 | Please report any bugs at http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ |
| 53 | or on the LinuxBIOS mailing list (http://linuxbios.org/Mailinglist). |
| 54 | .SH LICENCE |
| 55 | .B superiotool |
| 56 | is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or later. |
| 57 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 58 | .BR sensors-detect (8) |