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2886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dd August 10, 1998
2986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dt SMBUS 4
3086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Os
3186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh NAME
3286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm smbus
3386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nd System Management Bus
3486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SYNOPSIS
3586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Cd "device smbus"
3686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp
3786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Cd "device iicsmb"
3886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Cd "device bktr"
3986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh DESCRIPTION
4086d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe
4186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Em smbus
4286d7f5d3SJohn Marinosystem provides a uniform, modular and architecture-independent
4386d7f5d3SJohn Marinosystem for the implementation of drivers to control various SMB devices
4486d7f5d3SJohn Marinoand to utilize different SMB controllers (I2C, PIIX4, Brooktree848, vm86...).
4586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh System Management Bus
4686d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe
4786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Em System Management Bus
4886d7f5d3SJohn Marinois a two-wire interface through which simple power-related chips can communicate
4986d7f5d3SJohn Marinowith rest of the system.
5086d7f5d3SJohn MarinoIt uses I2C as its backbone (see
5186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr iicbus 4 ) .
5286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp
5386d7f5d3SJohn MarinoA system using SMB passes messages to and from devices instead of tripping
5486d7f5d3SJohn Marinoindividual control lines.
5586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp
5686d7f5d3SJohn MarinoWith the SMBus, a device can provide manufacturer information, tell the
5786d7f5d3SJohn Marinosystem what its model/part number is, save its state for a suspend event,
5886d7f5d3SJohn Marinoreport different types of errors, accept control parameters, and return its
5986d7f5d3SJohn Marinostatus.
6086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp
6186d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe SMBus may share the same host device and physical bus as ACCESS bus
6286d7f5d3SJohn Marinocomponents provided that an appropriate electrical bridge is provided
6386d7f5d3SJohn Marinobetween the internal SMB devices and external ACCESS bus devices.
6486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SEE ALSO
6586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr bktr 4 ,
6686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr iicbus 4 ,
6786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr iicsmb 4 ,
6886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr smb 4
6986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh HISTORY
7086d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe
7186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm
7286d7f5d3SJohn Marinomanual page first appeared in
7386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fx 3.0 .
7486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh AUTHORS
7586d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThis
7686d7f5d3SJohn Marinomanual page was written by
7786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.An Nicolas Souchu .
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