[LinuxBIOS] r2755 - trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/probe_superio

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Sat Sep 1 21:04:11 CEST 2007


On 01.09.2007 19:19, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 06:11:38PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>>> The default for LDN 5 (keyboard), index 0xF0 is not 0x00
>>> but rather 0x08 as per datasheet.
>> My datasheet (IT8712F V0.9.3) says it is 0x00. Look at table 8-7 for
>> reference. Where did you get the value from?
> 
> Oh great, the datasheet contradicts itself.
> 
> See page 59:
> 8.9.8 KBC (keyboard) Special Configuration Register (Index=F0h, Default=08h)

Where do we write down all the datasheet errors? Wiki or probe_superio?

> I guess we'll have to test a bunch of boards to be sure which value
> is correct.

Yes, unfortunately.

> (btw, do you have any pending probe_superio code? I'm about to do some
> cosmetic cleanups on the code but I don't want to interfere...)

Nothing that wouldn't apply after cosmetics.

Carl-Daniel




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