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SubjectRe: sensors-detect: Found unknown chip with ID 0x0404
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On 3/11/21 6:17 AM, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have a server where sensors-detecte gives:
> Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to
> standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
> Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no):
> Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
> Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'... Yes
> Found unknown chip with ID 0x0404
>
> I have tried to search on the motherboard but didnt find any visible NS nor ITE chip. (could it be embeded in chipset or BMC for example ?)
> Furthermore, with another OS (a buildroot with more recent kernel), sensors-detect give that the ID is 0x0101.
> Any hope there is a real hwmon chip behind ?
>

Unlikely, given that the ID is not stable and that both ID registers
return the same (changing) value. It could be a BMC or an EC but
that won't help since we don't know how to access it.

Guenter

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