5 First of all, what I know about uGuru is no fact based on any help, hints or
6 datasheet from Abit. The data I have got on uGuru have I assembled through
7 my weak knowledge in "backwards engineering".
8 And just for the record, you may have noticed uGuru isn't a chip developed by
9 Abit, as they claim it to be. It's really just an microprocessor (uC) created by
10 Winbond (W83L950D). And no, reading the manual for this specific uC or
11 mailing Windbond for help won't give any useful data about uGuru, as it is
12 the program inside the uC that is responding to calls.
14 Olle Sandberg <ollebull@gmail.com>, 2005-05-25
17 Original version by Olle Sandberg who did the heavy lifting of the initial
18 reverse engineering. This version has been almost fully rewritten for clarity
19 and extended with write support and info on more databanks, the write support
20 is once again reverse engineered by Olle the additional databanks have been
21 reverse engineered by me. I would like to express my thanks to Olle, this
22 document and the Linux driver could not have been written without his efforts.
24 Note: because of the lack of specs only the sensors part of the uGuru is
25 described here and not the CPU / RAM / etc voltage & frequency control.
27 Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>, 28-01-2006
33 As far as known the uGuru is always placed at and using the (ISA) I/O-ports
34 0xE0 and 0xE4, so we don't have to scan any port-range, just check what the two
35 ports are holding for detection. We will refer to 0xE0 as CMD (command-port)
36 and 0xE4 as DATA because Abit refers to them with these names.
38 If DATA holds 0x00 or 0x08 and CMD holds 0x00 or 0xAC an uGuru could be
39 present. We have to check for two different values at data-port, because
40 after a reboot uGuru will hold 0x00 here, but if the driver is removed and
41 later on attached again data-port will hold 0x08, more about this later.
43 After wider testing of the Linux kernel driver some variants of the uGuru have
44 turned up which will hold 0x00 instead of 0xAC at the CMD port, thus we also
45 have to test CMD for two different values. On these uGuru's DATA will initially
46 hold 0x09 and will only hold 0x08 after reading CMD first, so CMD must be read
49 To be really sure an uGuru is present a test read of one or more register
59 The uGuru has a number of different addressing levels. The first addressing
60 level we will call banks. A bank holds data for one or more sensors. The data
61 in a bank for a sensor is one or more bytes large.
63 The number of bytes is fixed for a given bank, you should always read or write
64 that many bytes, reading / writing more will fail, the results when writing
65 less then the number of bytes for a given bank are undetermined.
67 See below for all known bank addresses, numbers of sensors in that bank,
68 number of bytes data per sensor and contents/meaning of those bytes.
70 Although both this document and the kernel driver have kept the sensor
71 terminoligy for the addressing within a bank this is not 100% correct, in
72 bank 0x24 for example the addressing within the bank selects a PWM output not
75 Notice that some banks have both a read and a write address this is how the
76 uGuru determines if a read from or a write to the bank is taking place, thus
77 when reading you should always use the read address and when writing the
78 write address. The write address is always one (1) more than the read address.
84 Before you can read from or write to the uGuru you must first put the uGuru
87 To put the uGuru in ready mode first write 0x00 to DATA and then wait for DATA
88 to hold 0x09, DATA should read 0x09 within 250 read cycles.
90 Next CMD _must_ be read and should hold 0xAC, usually CMD will hold 0xAC the
91 first read but sometimes it takes a while before CMD holds 0xAC and thus it
92 has to be read a number of times (max 50).
94 After reading CMD, DATA should hold 0x08 which means that the uGuru is ready
95 for input. As above DATA will usually hold 0x08 the first read but not always.
96 This step can be skipped, but it is undetermined what happens if the uGuru has
97 not yet reported 0x08 at DATA and you proceed with writing a bank address.
100 Sending bank and sensor addresses to the uGuru
101 ----------------------------------------------
103 First the uGuru must be in "ready" mode as described above, DATA should hold
104 0x08 indicating that the uGuru wants input, in this case the bank address.
106 Next write the bank address to DATA. After the bank address has been written
107 wait for to DATA to hold 0x08 again indicating that it wants / is ready for
108 more input (max 250 reads).
110 Once DATA holds 0x08 again write the sensor address to CMD.
116 First send the bank and sensor addresses as described above.
117 Then for each byte of data you want to read wait for DATA to hold 0x01
118 which indicates that the uGuru is ready to be read (max 250 reads) and once
119 DATA holds 0x01 read the byte from CMD.
121 Once all bytes have been read data will hold 0x09, but there is no reason to
122 test for this. Notice that the number of bytes is bank address dependent see
125 After completing a successful read it is advised to put the uGuru back in
126 ready mode, so that it is ready for the next read / write cycle. This way
127 if your program / driver is unloaded and later loaded again the detection
128 algorithm described above will still work.
135 First send the bank and sensor addresses as described above.
136 Then for each byte of data you want to write wait for DATA to hold 0x00
137 which indicates that the uGuru is ready to be written (max 250 reads) and
138 once DATA holds 0x00 write the byte to CMD.
140 Once all bytes have been written wait for DATA to hold 0x01 (max 250 reads)
141 don't ask why this is the way it is.
143 Once DATA holds 0x01 read CMD it should hold 0xAC now.
145 After completing a successful write it is advised to put the uGuru back in
146 ready mode, so that it is ready for the next read / write cycle. This way
147 if your program / driver is unloaded and later loaded again the detection
148 algorithm described above will still work.
154 After wider testing of the Linux kernel driver some variants of the uGuru have
155 turned up which do not hold 0x08 at DATA within 250 reads after writing the
156 bank address. With these versions this happens quite frequent, using larger
157 timeouts doesn't help, they just go offline for a second or 2, doing some
158 internal callibration or whatever. Your code should be prepared to handle
159 this and in case of no response in this specific case just goto sleep for a
160 while and then retry.
168 This bank contains 0 sensors, iow the sensor address is ignored (but must be
169 written) just use 0. Bank 0x20 contains 3 bytes:
172 This byte holds the alarm flags for sensor 0-7 of Sensor Bank1, with bit 0
173 corresponding to sensor 0, 1 to 1, etc.
176 This byte holds the alarm flags for sensor 8-15 of Sensor Bank1, with bit 0
177 corresponding to sensor 8, 1 to 9, etc.
180 This byte holds the alarm flags for sensor 0-5 of Sensor Bank2, with bit 0
181 corresponding to sensor 0, 1 to 1, etc.
184 Bank 0x21 Sensor Bank1 Values / Readings (R)
185 --------------------------------------------
186 This bank contains 16 sensors, for each sensor it contains 1 byte.
187 So far the following sensors are known to be available on all motherboards:
191 - Sensor 3 CPU core volt
193 - Sensor 10 DDR Vtt volt
197 This byte holds the reading from the sensor. Sensors in Bank1 can be both
198 volt and temp sensors, this is motherboard specific. The uGuru however does
199 seem to know (be programmed with) what kindoff sensor is attached see Sensor
200 Bank1 Settings description.
202 Volt sensors use a linear scale, a reading 0 corresponds with 0 volt and a
203 reading of 255 with 3494 mV. The sensors for higher voltages however are
204 connected through a division circuit. The currently known division circuits
205 in use result in ranges of: 0-4361mV, 0-6248mV or 0-14510mV. 3.3 volt sources
206 use the 0-4361mV range, 5 volt the 0-6248mV and 12 volt the 0-14510mV .
208 Temp sensors also use a linear scale, a reading of 0 corresponds with 0 degree
209 Celsius and a reading of 255 with a reading of 255 degrees Celsius.
212 Bank 0x22 Sensor Bank1 Settings (R) and Bank 0x23 Sensor Bank1 Settings (W)
213 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
215 Those banks contain 16 sensors, for each sensor it contains 3 bytes. Each
216 set of 3 bytes contains the settings for the sensor with the same sensor
217 address in Bank 0x21 .
220 Alarm behaviour for the selected sensor. A 1 enables the described
224 Give an alarm if measured temp is over the warning threshold (RW) [1]_
227 Give an alarm if measured volt is over the max threshold (RW) [2]_
230 Give an alarm if measured volt is under the min threshold (RW) [2]_
236 1 if alarm cause measured temp is over the warning threshold (R)
239 1 if alarm cause measured volt is over the max threshold (R)
242 1 if alarm cause measured volt is under the min threshold (R)
245 - Volt sensor: Shutdown if alarm persist for more than 4 seconds (RW)
246 - Temp sensor: Shutdown if temp is over the shutdown threshold (RW)
248 .. [1] This bit is only honored/used by the uGuru if a temp sensor is connected
250 .. [2] This bit is only honored/used by the uGuru if a volt sensor is connected
251 Note with some trickery this can be used to find out what kinda sensor
252 is detected see the Linux kernel driver for an example with many
253 comments on how todo this.
256 - Temp sensor: warning threshold (scale as bank 0x21)
257 - Volt sensor: min threshold (scale as bank 0x21)
260 - Temp sensor: shutdown threshold (scale as bank 0x21)
261 - Volt sensor: max threshold (scale as bank 0x21)
264 Bank 0x24 PWM outputs for FAN's (R) and Bank 0x25 PWM outputs for FAN's (W)
265 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
267 Those banks contain 3 "sensors", for each sensor it contains 5 bytes.
268 - Sensor 0 usually controls the CPU fan
269 - Sensor 1 usually controls the NB (or chipset for single chip) fan
270 - Sensor 2 usually controls the System fan
273 Flag 0x80 to enable control, Fan runs at 100% when disabled.
274 low nibble (temp)sensor address at bank 0x21 used for control.
277 0-255 = 0-12v (linear), specify voltage at which fan will rotate when under
278 low threshold temp (specified in byte 3)
281 0-255 = 0-12v (linear), specify voltage at which fan will rotate when above
282 high threshold temp (specified in byte 4)
285 Low threshold temp (scale as bank 0x21)
288 High threshold temp (scale as bank 0x21)
291 Bank 0x26 Sensors Bank2 Values / Readings (R)
292 ---------------------------------------------
294 This bank contains 6 sensors (AFAIK), for each sensor it contains 1 byte.
296 So far the following sensors are known to be available on all motherboards:
297 - Sensor 0: CPU fan speed
298 - Sensor 1: NB (or chipset for single chip) fan speed
299 - Sensor 2: SYS fan speed
302 This byte holds the reading from the sensor. 0-255 = 0-15300 (linear)
305 Bank 0x27 Sensors Bank2 Settings (R) and Bank 0x28 Sensors Bank2 Settings (W)
306 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
308 Those banks contain 6 sensors (AFAIK), for each sensor it contains 2 bytes.
311 Alarm behaviour for the selected sensor. A 1 enables the described behaviour.
314 Give an alarm if measured rpm is under the min threshold (RW)
320 Shutdown if alarm persist for more than 4 seconds (RW)
323 min threshold (scale as bank 0x26)
326 Warning for the adventurous
327 ===========================
329 A word of caution to those who want to experiment and see if they can figure
330 the voltage / clock programming out, I tried reading and only reading banks
331 0-0x30 with the reading code used for the sensor banks (0x20-0x28) and this
332 resulted in a _permanent_ reprogramming of the voltages, luckily I had the
333 sensors part configured so that it would shutdown my system on any out of spec
334 voltages which proprably safed my computer (after a reboot I managed to
335 immediately enter the bios and reload the defaults). This probably means that
336 the read/write cycle for the non sensor part is different from the sensor part.