anybody want the 8231 board? It looks like all it takes for 8231 support is adding the PCI ID to i2c-viapro, via686a, and sensors-detect... JH Tseng wrote: > Hi, > > Attached file is the 686B/8231/8233/8233A datasheet. Basically, it should be > the same as 686A. For i2c bus/SMBus, the register set for 8233(A) and 8231 > are the same except that the IO Base address location. I will prepare the > motherboards based on 8231 first for your need. Could you tell me about > your address ?? > Here is a question about your package. If the sensor chip is a I/O device, > then in order to get the hardware monitor component's infor, the i2c bus > driver need to be loaded ?? > If you need any support, please feel free to contact me! thanks! > > > JH > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Studebaker [mailto:mds at paradyne.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:06 AM > To: JH Tseng > Cc: 'sensors at stimpy.netroedge.com' > Subject: Re: Supporting Hardware monitor for VIA chipsets > > > Oops, I misspoke. > We do _not_ support the 8231 i2c bus. > We do support 8233 and 8233A i2c busses. > > Mark Studebaker wrote: > >>Latest datasheets would be _greatly_ appreciated. >>As many chips are quite similar, there often is not much programming, >>we just need the datasheets. >>We also need a 686B datasheet. >>Of course if you are willing to donate motherboards please let us know, >>that will help us quite a bit. >> >>We do support the 8231, 8233, and 8233A i2c drivers, >>but not their integrated sensors (if any). >>The latest information on driver support is here >> >>http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/newdrivers.html >> >>thanks very much for your interest. >>mds >> >>phil at netroedge.com wrote: >> >>>Hi, thanks for the email. Right now, I think we support the >>>VT8233(A), but not yet the VT8231 nor the VT8235. We could use your >>>help to get drivers written. If you can, we'd appreciate you >>>submitting bus drivers (see kernel/busses/i2c-* for examples) to >>>integrate into the project. We might also be able to find a developer >>>to help out, but we seem to be a bit thin with programmers right now. >>> >>>Thanks! >>> >>>Phil >>> >>>On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 05:50:03PM +0800, JH Tseng wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Sir, >>>> >>>>I am a software engineer in VIA Tech Inc. According to the status >>> > report in > >>>>your web site, we find that there are not the sensor chip drivers for >>> > latest > >>>>VIA south bridges such as the VT8231, VT8233(A) and VT8235. Therefore, >>> > I > >>>>need your help or I can provide some HWs and information to you to >>>>co-develope/co-test the hardware monitor based on the VIA platform. I >>> > deeply > >>>>appreciate you very much if you have any input. >>>> >>>>Best regards >>>> >>>>JH >>> >>>-- >>>Philip Edelbrock -- IS Manager -- Edge Design, Corvallis, OR >>> phil at netroedge.com -- http://www.netroedge.com/~phil >>> PGP F16: 01 D2 FD 01 B5 46 F4 F0 3A 8B 9D 7E 14 7F FB 7A >>
