Re: SMBus / I2C h/w sensors and FreeBSD 5.1

From: Bernd Walter <ticso_at_cicely12.cicely.de>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 01:53:05 +0200
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 01:55:43AM +0300, Dan Naumov wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 00:44, Bernd Walter wrote:
> > You need to have intpm hardware to get this driver working.
> > There are other drivers available depending on your chipset.
> > What is the pciconf -lv output?
> 
> There you go:
> 
> ====================================================
> none0_at_pci0:7:4: class=0x0c0500 card=0x30571106 chip=0x30571106 rev=0x40
> hdr=0x00
>     vendor   = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
>     device   = 'VT82C686A/B ACPI Power Management Controller'
>     class    = serial bus
>     subclass = SMBus
> 
> > > Investingating further, I see that I have no "/dev/smb" on my system
> > > even though I have "device smb" in my kernel config. I've also noticed a
> > > line saying "pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 7.4 (no driver
> > > attached)" in my dmesg.
> > 
> > So it's no intpm hardware.
> 
> What drivers should I be using then ? I had lm_sensors on Linux work
> with this hardware...

With a driver for the hardware it's possible of course.
You have a VT82C686A/B chip for which you want viapm driver.
intpm is for Intel PIIX4 (82371AB, 82443MX) which you don't have.

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Received on Sat Oct 04 2003 - 14:53:31 UTC

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