1ISASET(8) System Manager's Manual ISASET(8)
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6 isaset - set ISA registers
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10 isaset [-y] [-W|-L] addrreg datareg address value [mask] #for I2C-like
11 access
12 isaset -f [-y] [-W|-L] address value [mask] #for flat address space
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16 isaset is a small helper program to set registers visible through the
17 ISA bus.
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21 -f Enable flat address space mode.
22 -y Disable interactive mode. By default, isaset will wait for a
24 confirmation from the user before messing with the ISA bus. When
25 this flag is used, it will perform the operation directly. This
26 is mainly meant to be used in scripts.
27 -W Perform a 16-bit write.
29 -L Perform a 32-bit write.
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34 Four options must be provided to isaset. addrreg contains the ISA
35 address of the address register for the chip to probe; datareg contains
36 the address of the data register. Both addresses are integers between
37 0x0000 and 0x3FFF. Usually, if the chip's base address is 0x0nn0, the
38 address register is at 0x0nn5 and the data register is at 0x0nn6. The
39 most common base address for hardware monitoring chips is 0x0290. For
40 Super-I/O chips, address register is typically at 0x2E with data regis‐
41 ter at 0x2F. The address and value parameters are two integers between
42 0x00 and 0xFF. isaset will write value value to address address. An
43 optional mask can be provided as a fifth parameter, preserving unmasked
44 bits at the written location.
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48 In flat mode, two parameters must be provided. address contains the ISA
49 address of the register to write to; it is an integer between 0x0000
50 and 0xFFFF. Basically, it is the sum of the chip's base address and the
51 chip register's address. isaset will write value value at this address.
52 An optional mask can be provided as a third parameter, preserving
53 unmasked bits at the written location.
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57 Poking around in ISA data space is extremely dangerous. Running isaset
58 with random parameters can cause system crashes, data loss, and worse!
59 Be extremely careful when using this program.
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63 i2cset(8), isadump(8)
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67 Mark D. Studebaker, and the lm_sensors group (http://www.lm-sen‐
68 sors.org/)
69 This manual page was shamelessly ripped from the i2cset and isadump
71 manual pages by Jean Delvare.
72 April 2011 ISASET(8)