From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2992659AbXDROjl (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:39:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S2992669AbXDROjl (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:39:41 -0400 Received: from smtp4-g19.free.fr ([212.27.42.30]:40755 "EHLO smtp4-g19.free.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2992659AbXDROjk (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:39:40 -0400 Message-ID: <46262D98.5010609@free.fr> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:39:20 +0200 From: John Sigler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061108 SeaMonkey/1.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org CC: Andrew Shewmaker Subject: Re: Disabling x86 System Management Mode References: <46235447.3080000@free.fr> <462603E0.3050208@free.fr> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.