Re: GSoC2007: cnst-sensors.2007-08-20.patch

Am Sonntag, 26. August 2007 01:44:47 schrieb Constantine A. Murenin:
[schnip]
> P.S. BTW, please do report back how the tests went. Don't forget to
> include the information on which exact chip you tested (for example, you
> might have tried this code on Winbond W83627DHG and Core 2 Duo E4300).

Hello,

I had only tested some newer hardware with core2 CPU (E6750) and coretemp 
doesn't report correct values for that CPU (25°C, this is at least 10° 
difference) and the boards doesn't neccessarily have a HW monitor chip, so I 
haven't reported anything yet.

But,
I'm about to test some VIA C7 boards and accidentaly found that if I disable 
ACPI (hint.acpi.0.disabled=1), dmesg shows a lm sensor:
lm0: <Winbond W83697HF Hardware Monitor> at port 0x290-0x297 on isa0

Also systat -sensors shows adaequat values corresponding to what the BIOS HW 
monitor reports.

But as soon as I boot default with ACPI enabled, lm0 vanishes.

Thanks for any hints.

-Harry

P.S. The patch doesn't apply cleanly for the sysctl man page, haven't had time 
to investigate yet.