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+.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Nicolas Souchu
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.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.
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