Re: CIR chipset Winbond WPC876xL

[Terry B. <te...@be...>]

Juan Jesús García de Soria Lucena wrote:
> Hi, Terry.
> 
> 2009/1/15 Terry Barnaby <te...@be...>:
>> I have an Intel DG45FC Motherboard that has a Winbond WPCD376I chip for CIR
>> on it. Do you have any idea if it is similar to the WPC876xL as far as the
>> CIR interface ? If so I would like to add my name to the testers :)
> 
> I don't have any idea.
> 
> The Vista drivers for the device I own state that they support
> WPC876xL and WPCE775x devices; I have just learned about your
> hardware.
> 
>> I have been trying to get a data-sheet for this chip from Intel and
>> Nuvoton.com.
>> Nuvotron has stated that the chip was developed for Intel only and so
>> cannot give out any information. Intel have stated that the DG45FC
>> Motherboard
>> is not supported by Linux and therefore cannot help ...
> 
> At least you got a response from Nuvoton; that's better than what I got.
> 
> Do you have the IR hardware working in Windows? Are there any
> downloadable Windows drivers for it?
> 
> If you go to the Windows device manager and find out which resources
> (I/O ranges and IRQ's) are claimed by the driver, it could give us
> some clues too.
> 
> You could also disassemble your BIOS' ACPI DSDT table and see whether
> any WEC1020 or WEC1021 device is declared there.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>    Juan Jesus.
> 
Thanks for the info.
I don't have Microsoft Windows, just Linux.
However, I know there is a Microsoft Windows driver for it, it is on the
Intel support website.
How do you "disassemble the BIOS' ACPI DSDT table" ?

Cheers

Terry