[lug] "testing ports"

[D. Stimits]

I remember seeing something related to the Winbold Super-IO detection,
it seems to be under recent development. I don't know what the [david]
stuff is, sometimes the authors put interesting messages in, but the
Super-IO detection is normal in the 2.4.x kernels I think. It isn't a
hack. Why it would appear on your console is the mystery, you might ask
on the kernel devel list:
linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org

(make sure you mention details, including your motherboard/chipset, the
printer, the kernel version, exact messages, the fact that they showed
up on a regular console, so on...it is having it show up on a regular
console that seems mysterious)

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

KRITZBERG DAVID OWEN wrote:
> 
> At the console window, right after entering a print request, this some
> strange text appeared at my bash prompt.  My prompt reads "[david][david]"
> and for example I didn't add the ellipses or leave anything out.  I quote
> verbatim:
> 
> [david][david] Winbond Super-IO detection, now testing ports 3F0, 370,
> 250, 4E, 2E ...
> SMSC Super-IO detection, now testing Ports 2F0, 370 ...
> 
> What does this mean?  I hope that it is just that I don't know linux well
> at all.  I thought I had better ask if I have been hacked, and was just
> being told about it due to some quirk. I'm running Mandrake 8.0 on an
> average x85 pc.  One thought I had was that I was in text mode, and
> Mandrake likes me to use CUPS or xpp for printing, and I entered 'lp
> filename' at the command line level instead.  Maybe the system was looking
> for the printer.  Where should I read up on this stuff, if that is not too
> obvious a question?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
> 
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