Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:07:23 +0200 | Subject | Re: [lm-sensors] it87 sensors need an ACPI driver (2.6.31) | From | Luca Tettamanti <> |
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On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net> wrote: > On Monday 21 September 2009, Luca Tettamanti wrote: >>On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net> > wrote: >>> On Sunday 20 September 2009, Luca Tettamanti wrote: >>>>On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net> >>> >>> wrote: >>>>> Jumping in the middle of this, I am another that it87 doesn't work very >>>>> well for, ASUS M2N SLI Deluxe board. >>>> >>>>Please define "doesn't work well". asus_atk0110 should handle that >>>>board. In case of troubles enable CONFIG_HWMON_DEBUG_CHIP, load >>>>asus_atk0110 and post the content of the kernel log. >>> >>> With that CONFIG_HWMON_DEBUG_CHIP enabled, dmesg (attached) looks semi- >>> kosher, but neither gkrellm nor sensors can show me data until it87 is >>> loaded. I unloaded it87 and reloaded it several times just now. >>> Something funkity someplace... Is there a new application I need to dl >>> and install? >> >>You probably need to upgrade the lm-sensors package. Version 3.1.1 has >>support for ACPI devices. >> > Its the latest in the F10 repos, Luca. I have these: > > lm_sensors-3.0.2-1.fc10.i386 > lm_sensors-sensord-3.0.2-1.fc10.i386
Too old.
> I also note that while asus_atk0110 is loaded, it has no link count in an > lsmod output. This has little or nothing to do with the lm_sensors version, > when the kernel itself (2.6.31 final) doesn't get any real data. Or can it?
Usage count is zero because nothing is using the driver ;-) As the dmesg shows the driver is loaded and has correctly identified the sensors.
> I've stumbled around is the /sys/fs tree looking for data, but wasn't able to > do anything but get stuck in a re-entrant loop, that is a bowl of spaghetti, > well stirred.
You'll find the relevant sysfs entries under /sys/class/hwmon/
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