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diff --git a/share/man/man4/viapm.4 b/share/man/man4/viapm.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..851c1fc --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/viapm.4 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Nicolas Souchu +.\" 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 20, 2002 +.Dt VIAPM 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm viapm +.Nd VIA chipsets Power Management controller driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd device iicbb +.Cd device iicbus +.Cd device iicsmb +.Cd device smbus +.Cd device smb +.Cd device viapm +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This driver provides access to the +.Tn "VIA chipset Power Management Unit" +family. +They are +VT82C586B, VT82C596A, VT82C596B, VT82C686A and VT8233. +.Pp +The embedded controller of the VIA chipset may give you access +to the monitoring facilities of your mainboard. +.Pp +The 586B support is made by software whereas other controllers support +the SMBus protocol by hardware. +See +.Xr smb 4 +for writing user code to fetch voltages, temperature and so on from the +monitoring chip of your mainboard. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr iicbb 4 , +.Xr iicbus 4 , +.Xr iicsmb 4 , +.Xr smb 4 , +.Xr smbus 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +manual page first appeared in +.Fx 4.5 . +.Sh AUTHORS +This +manual page was written by +.An Nicolas Souchu Aq nsouch@FreeBSD.org . +.Sh BUGS +Only polling mode is supported. |