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author | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-04-05 19:12:51 +0000 |
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committer | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-04-05 19:12:51 +0000 |
commit | 59cf51a9ffe452bcbe1a47c45ff59bc6050979b9 (patch) | |
tree | 7bfc6b54932450b832ef1c29e3e4cc0da4e13ae2 /share | |
parent | 975f6df38d566bede29a39c3e2fa49e7a28e64c4 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-59cf51a9ffe452bcbe1a47c45ff59bc6050979b9.zip FreeBSD-src-59cf51a9ffe452bcbe1a47c45ff59bc6050979b9.tar.gz |
Add a manual page for the smapi module.
Reviewed by: ru, mdodd
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.i386/smapi.4 | 154 |
2 files changed, 155 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile index 8581369..59714e3 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/Makefile @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MAN= aic.4 alpm.4 amdpm.4 apm.4 ar.4 asc.4 asr.4 \ ie.4 io.4 le.4 linux.4 lnc.4 longrun.4 mcd.4 \ meteor.4 mse.4 npx.4 \ pcf.4 perfmon.4 pnp.4 pnpbios.4 \ - ray.4 rdp.4 scd.4 \ + ray.4 rdp.4 smapi.4 scd.4 \ spkr.4 sr.4 streams.4 svr4.4 tw.4 \ tx.4 viapm.4 vpd.4 vx.4 \ wd.4 wl.4 wt.4 diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/smapi.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/smapi.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..71c45af --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/smapi.4 @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Tom Rhodes +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd April 1, 2003 +.Dt SMAPI 4 i386 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm smapi +.Nd "System Management Application Program Interface driver" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Many +.Tn IBM Thinkpad +laptops utilize a special software interface known as +.Tn SMAPI +(System Management Application Program Interface). +This interface controls various aspects of the system including: +.Bl -bullet +.It +System Interface +(the +.Tn BIOS +can store system information such as the system identifier), +.It +System Configuration (where devices such as the display can be configured), +.It +Power Management (software can interact with the +.Tn SMAPI BIOS +for Power Management control). +.El +.Pp +Client software must locate a +.Dq "header image" +stored in the +.Li F000 +segment in the +.Tn Thinkpad ROM +(read-only memory), which resides at the 16-byte boundary. +This is considered the +.Dq "Entry Point" +for the service. +.Pp +The +.Dq "header image" +stores information like: +.Bl -bullet +.It +signature, +.It +.Tn SMAPI +version (major and minor), +.It +header image length, +.It +checksum information (which verifies the image), +.It +an Information Word (used to identify the +.Tn BIOS +service level), +.It +Real Mode Entry Point (where clients using the +Real/V86 mode for the far-call value), +.It +and finally a 16-bit/32-bit Protected Mode Entry +Point: base code address which specifies the +.Tn BIOS +physical address. +The client must prepare a 64 kilobyte selector for this +.Tn BIOS ) . +.El +.Pp +To invoke the +.Tn SMAPI BIOS , +a far-call must be used on the entry point specified in the header file. +All other information should be stored in the client data area. +The client is required to prepare both an input and output parameter in a +data area of its own. +This area can be +.Dq informed +by pushing those pointers into its stack before the far-calls. +.Pp +The +.Tn SMAPI BIOS +uses the stack and data areas with the selector during a +.Tn BIOS +invocation, thus the caller must define the same privilege area as the +.Tn BIOS . +.Pp +The parameter structure will be made up by using the input and output +fields prepared by the caller. +The input field will specify the function request to the +.Tn BIOS . +The +.Tn BIOS +will then drop a return value into the output field. +These fields are made up of three parts. +The first holds parameters, function numbers, and return codes. +The next will contain an offset in hexadecimal. +Finally a length field which is comprised of Byte, Word, or Double Word. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr smapi 9 +.Rs +.%B "IBM Thinkpad 560/560E Technical Reference" +.%O "06J0536 S76H-7587-01" +.Re +.Rs +.%B "IBM Thinkpad 560Z Technical Reference" +.%O "xxxxxxx xxxx-xxxx-xx" +.Re +.Rs +.%B "IBM Thinkpad 600 Technical Reference" +.%O "xxxxxxx xxxx-xxxx-xx" +.Re +.Rs +.%B "IBM Thinkpad 760XD/760XL/765D/765L Technical Reference" +.%O "06J0537 S30H-2433-02" +.Re +.Rs +.%B "IBM Thinkpad 770 Technical Reference" +.%O "05L1739 S05L-1739-00" +.Re +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Matthew N. Dodd Aq mdodd@FreeBSD.org . +This manual page was written by +.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org +and +.An Matthew N. Dodd Aq mdodd@FreeBSD.org . |