super I/O

ron minnich rminnich at lanl.gov
Tue Apr 22 09:55:00 CEST 2003


On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Nathanael Noblet wrote:

> Hello,
> 	I've been working on getting linuxbios working on a sis530 board on 
> and off for the last little while, using a datasheet I have for the 
> sis530 and the actual SBC I have. I finally have it all compiling. 
> Though I know I'm using some sourcefiles that are incorrect for my 
> board since they have been taken from the other sis based mainboards. 
> The super IO for this board is an ITE 8661F and the only one in the 
> tree is the ITE8671F. Obviously they aren't exactly the same, so I'm 
> wondering how I proceed to get that chip working. I don't have any 
> special hardware to do this with, (logic analyzer etc..). Would there 
> be a spec sheet somewhere I could get? Ideas on ways to proceed?


you need to get a spec sheet from the ITE web site. create 
superio/ITE/8661F and clone the files from the 8671F into it. Then modify 
these files as needed to make it work. 

ron




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