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Kernel driver i2c-viapro
Supported adapters:
* VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596A/B
Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website
* VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686A/B
Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website
* VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8235, VT8237
Datasheet: available on request from Via
Authors:
Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>,
Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
Module Parameters
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* force: int
Forcibly enable the SMBus controller. DANGEROUS!
* force_addr: int
Forcibly enable the SMBus at the given address. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!
Description
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i2c-viapro is a true SMBus host driver for motherboards with one of the
supported VIA southbridges.
Your lspci -n listing must show one of these :
device 1106:3050 (VT82C596 function 3)
device 1106:3051 (VT82C596 function 3)
device 1106:3057 (VT82C686 function 4)
device 1106:3074 (VT8233)
device 1106:3147 (VT8233A)
device 1106:8235 (VT8231)
devide 1106:3177 (VT8235)
devide 1106:3227 (VT8237)
If none of these show up, you should look in the BIOS for settings like
enable ACPI / SMBus or even USB.