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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
| commit | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a81ca3665e6153923e40db7b0d988f8573ab59c /static/netbsd/man4/acpismbus.4 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/acpismbus.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/acpismbus.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9bc3363e --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/acpismbus.4 @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: acpismbus.4,v 1.2 2010/02/06 21:57:08 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2009 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Paul Goyette +.\" +.\" 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 NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. 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 FOUNDATION 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. +.\" +.Dd February 6, 2010 +.Dt ACPISMBUS 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm acpismbus +.Nd ACPI SMBus Control Method Interface +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "acpismbus* at acpi?" +.Cd "iic* at acpismbus?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver supports instances of the ACPI SMBus Control Method Interface. +This enables i2c access to bus segments which might not otherwise be +accessible due to missing "native" driver support. +The SMBus Process Call protocol is not supported. +All other SMBus protocols are supported to the extent that the underlying +controller supports them. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr acpi 4 , +.Xr iic 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver +appeared in +.Nx 6.0 . +.Sh BUGS +Although +.Nm +SMBus Alerts can be associated with individual devices, this +capability is ignored. +When an +.Nm +SMBus Alert is generated, all devices on the i2c bus segment which have +registered an interrupt routine are notified. +.Pp +The SMBus CMI protocol defines a method to provide a list of devices on an +i2c bus segment and their addresses. +The +.Nm +driver makes no attempt to retrieve or process this device list. +.Pp +There is currently no way to determine if the i2c controller managed by +an instance of the ACPI SMBus CMI can also be accessed using a native +device driver. +Therefore, the +.Nm +driver should not be enabled by default. +If both a native driver and the +.Nm +driver attempt to access the same i2c bus segment, the results are +undefined. |
