1 Kernel driver i2c-piix4
4 * Intel 82371AB PIIX4 and PIIX4E
5 * Intel 82443MX (440MX)
6 Datasheet: Publicly available at the Intel website
7 * ServerWorks OSB4, CSB5, CSB6, HT-1000 and HT-1100 southbridges
8 Datasheet: Only available via NDA from ServerWorks
9 * ATI IXP200, IXP300, IXP400, SB600, SB700 and SB800 southbridges
10 Datasheet: Not publicly available
11 SB700 register reference available at:
12 http://support.amd.com/us/Embedded_TechDocs/43009_sb7xx_rrg_pub_1.00.pdf
13 * AMD SP5100 (SB700 derivative found on some server mainboards)
14 Datasheet: Publicly available at the AMD website
15 http://support.amd.com/us/Embedded_TechDocs/44413.pdf
16 * AMD Hudson-2, ML, CZ
17 Datasheet: Not publicly available
18 * Standard Microsystems (SMSC) SLC90E66 (Victory66) southbridge
19 Datasheet: Publicly available at the SMSC website http://www.smsc.com
22 Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
23 Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>
30 Forcibly enable the PIIX4. DANGEROUS!
32 Forcibly enable the PIIX4 at the given address. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!
38 The PIIX4 (properly known as the 82371AB) is an Intel chip with a lot of
39 functionality. Among other things, it implements the PCI bus. One of its
40 minor functions is implementing a System Management Bus. This is a true
41 SMBus - you can not access it on I2C levels. The good news is that it
42 natively understands SMBus commands and you do not have to worry about
43 timing problems. The bad news is that non-SMBus devices connected to it can
44 confuse it mightily. Yes, this is known to happen...
46 Do 'lspci -v' and see whether it contains an entry like this:
48 0000:00:02.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
49 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
51 Bus and device numbers may differ, but the function number must be
52 identical (like many PCI devices, the PIIX4 incorporates a number of
53 different 'functions', which can be considered as separate devices). If you
54 find such an entry, you have a PIIX4 SMBus controller.
56 On some computers (most notably, some Dells), the SMBus is disabled by
57 default. If you use the insmod parameter 'force=1', the kernel module will
58 try to enable it. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS! If the BIOS did not set up a
59 correct address for this module, you could get in big trouble (read:
60 crashes, data corruption, etc.). Try this only as a last resort (try BIOS
61 updates first, for example), and backup first! An even more dangerous
62 option is 'force_addr=<IOPORT>'. This will not only enable the PIIX4 like
63 'force' foes, but it will also set a new base I/O port address. The SMBus
64 parts of the PIIX4 needs a range of 8 of these addresses to function
65 correctly. If these addresses are already reserved by some other device,
66 you will get into big trouble! DON'T USE THIS IF YOU ARE NOT VERY SURE
67 ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
69 The PIIX4E is just an new version of the PIIX4; it is supported as well.
70 The PIIX/PIIX3 does not implement an SMBus or I2C bus, so you can't use
71 this driver on those mainboards.
73 The ServerWorks Southbridges, the Intel 440MX, and the Victory66 are
74 identical to the PIIX4 in I2C/SMBus support.
76 The AMD SB700, SB800, SP5100 and Hudson-2 chipsets implement two
77 PIIX4-compatible SMBus controllers. If your BIOS initializes the
78 secondary controller, it will be detected by this driver as
79 an "Auxiliary SMBus Host Controller".
81 If you own Force CPCI735 motherboard or other OSB4 based systems you may need
82 to change the SMBus Interrupt Select register so the SMBus controller uses
85 1) Use lspci command and locate the PCI device with the SMBus controller:
86 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 4f)
87 The line may vary for different chipsets. Please consult the driver source
88 for all possible PCI ids (and lspci -n to match them). Lets assume the
89 device is located at 00:0f.0.
90 2) Now you just need to change the value in 0xD2 register. Get it first with
91 command: lspci -xxx -s 00:0f.0
92 If the value is 0x3 then you need to change it to 0x1
93 setpci -s 00:0f.0 d2.b=1
95 Please note that you don't need to do that in all cases, just when the SMBus is
99 Hardware-specific issues
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102 This driver will refuse to load on IBM systems with an Intel PIIX4 SMBus.
103 Some of these machines have an RFID EEPROM (24RF08) connected to the SMBus,
104 which can easily get corrupted due to a state machine bug. These are mostly
105 Thinkpad laptops, but desktop systems may also be affected. We have no list
106 of all affected systems, so the only safe solution was to prevent access to
107 the SMBus on all IBM systems (detected using DMI data.)
109 For additional information, read:
110 http://www.lm-sensors.org/browser/lm-sensors/trunk/README