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From: "Andrew Shewmaker" <agshew@gmail.com>
To: "John Sigler" <linux.kernel@free.fr>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Disabling x86 System Management Mode
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:06:18 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f4050c9e0704180706m513dd780v79f30f0029fe74de@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <462603E0.3050208@free.fr>

On 4/18/07, John Sigler <linux.kernel@free.fr> wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> > There are usually chipset specific bits that can be set to disable
> > SMMs. See the datasheet if you can get them. Unfortunately most
> > chipset vendors don't give out data sheets easily.
>
> I managed to find the south bridge data sheet.
>
> http://linux.kernel.free.fr/VT82C686B.pdf
>
> (I'm still looking for the north bridge data sheet.)
>
> Could someone point me in the right direction?

The LinuxBIOS folks had a thread on SMM recently.  You don't have to
worry about SMM if you can use their stuff.

http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2006-December/017861.html

same thread, but continued

http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2007-January/017905.html

-- 
Andrew Shewmaker

  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-18 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-16 10:47 John
2007-04-16 11:31 ` John
2007-04-16 15:12   ` Lee Revell
2007-04-16 22:12 ` Andi Kleen
2007-04-17 16:49   ` John Sigler
2007-04-17 16:57     ` Andi Kleen
2007-04-17 21:32       ` John Sigler
2007-04-17 17:01     ` John Sigler
2007-04-18  8:09     ` John Sigler
2007-04-18 11:41   ` John Sigler
2007-04-18 14:06     ` Andrew Shewmaker [this message]
2007-04-18 14:39       ` John Sigler

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