Re: learned something about coretemp

From: Julian Elischer <julian_at_elischer.org>
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:22:38 -0700
Rui Paulo wrote:
> On 10/28/07, Julian Elischer <julian_at_elischer.org> wrote:
>> never kldload it on an 8 year old system.
>>
>> *bewm*
>>
>> I presume that my 8 YO inspiron 7500 doesn't have whatever is needed,
>> but, "*Bewm*" is probably a less than optimal reaction.
> 
> That has been reported in the past. It's Intel's fault, not ours.
> The spec says that if you issue a CPUID you should be able to tell if
> the CPU has the temperature sensors regardless of the CPU model, but
> on old systems these CPUID call "returns true".

maybe we should just return true to the top layer if it's a 686 or newer
(or something).

> 
Received on Mon Oct 29 2007 - 21:27:15 UTC

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