RFC:new superio proposal

[Bari Ari]

ron minnich wrote:

>On Tue, 13 May 2003, Bari Ari wrote:
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>>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.
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>This is like the case of the microcode update. I think we can accomodate 
>this case.
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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