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From: John Sigler <linux.kernel@free.fr>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Shewmaker <agshew@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Disabling x86 System Management Mode
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:39:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46262D98.5010609@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f4050c9e0704180706m513dd780v79f30f0029fe74de@mail.gmail.com>

Andrew Shewmaker wrote:

> John Sigler 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.

Unfortunately, LinuxBIOS is not a viable option at this point.
I have to live with this proprietary BIOS.

Phoenix AwardBIOS v6.00PG
EBC-2000 REV: A1.3
02/12/2004-694X-686-6A6LJXA9C-00

Regards.

      reply	other threads:[~2007-04-18 14:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-16 10:47 Disabling x86 System Management Mode 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
2007-04-18 14:39       ` John Sigler [this message]

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