i8kutils: Tools for accessing the SMM BIOS of Dell Inspiron and Latitude laptops¹

This package contains a kernel driver and user-space programs for accessing the SMM BIOS of Dell Inspiron and Latitude laptops. The SMM BIOS is used on many recent laptops to implement APM functionalities and to access custom hardware, for example the cooling fans and volume buttons of the I8000.

... part of T2, get it here

URL: http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/

Author: Massimo Dal Zotto <dz [at] debian [dot] org>
Maintainer: The T2 Project <t2 [at] t2-project [dot] org>

License: GPL
Status: Stable
Version: 1.25

Remark: Does cross compile (as setup and patched in T2).

Download: http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/ i8kutils_1.25.tar.gz

T2 source: i8kutils.cache
T2 source: i8kutils.desc

Build time (on reference hardware): 1% (relative to binutils)²

Installed size (on reference hardware): 0.06 MB, 9 files

Dependencies (build time detected): 00-dirtree bash binutils coreutils diffutils findutils gawk grep linux-header make sed tar

Installed files (on reference hardware): [show]

¹) This page was automatically generated from the T2 package source. Corrections, such as dead links, URL changes or typos need to be performed directly on that source.

²) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).