Re: RFC:new superio proposal

[Bari Ari]

ron minnich wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2003, Bari Ari wrote:
> > Besides just setting a few bits in registers to config the super i/o, 
> > one now has the option/ability to reload the binary firmware into the 
> > flash memory of the super i/o to customize the board. The binary may be 
> > 64KB for some cpu based super i/o's.
>
> This is like the case of the microcode update. I think we can accomodate 
> this case.

Just so this doesn't get left out or limited somehow ;-)

These are also being used in servers to take care of power and thermal 
management.

--Bari