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WARNING! This is a BETA release. It is not compatible with any programs
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WARNING! This is a BETA release. It is not compatible with any programs
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which are built upon the 1.x.y versions, like wmlm78 or klm. We expect
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which are built upon the 1.x.y versions, like wmlm78 or klm. We expect
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version 2 will soon be supported by them, though. As beta release, there
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version 2 will soon be supported by them, though (a new version of wmlm78
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may already be released once you read this). As beta release, there
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may be problems, and not all version 1 chips are yet supported. Not
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may be problems, and not all version 1 chips are yet supported. Not
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everything is tested exhaustively, either, often because we simply do
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everything is tested exhaustively, either, often because we simply do
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not have access to the hardware. Please share your experiences, both
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not have access to the hardware. Please share your experiences, both
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be the first to profit from new drivers and other changes. Have fun!
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As a rule of thumb: if you have a PIIX4 with LM78/79 and LM75 chips, things
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As a rule of thumb: if you have a PIIX4 with LM78/79 and LM75 chips, things
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should run without problem. The GL518 driver is completely untested. All
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should run without problem. The GL518 driver is mostly untested. All
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supporting modules in the src directory should work without problem. If
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supporting modules in the src directory should work without problem. If
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you have a VIA chipset, we would like to hear whether you can access the
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you have a VIA chipset, we would like to hear whether you can access the
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SMBus with it - this is not very well tested either. The new Winbond driver
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SMBus with it - this is not very well tested either. The new Winbond driver
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should basically work, though not all functionality may be present yet.
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should be all right, too. If you have a LM80, please share your experiences
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We expect many updates and new releases the next few weeks (with both bug
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We expect many updates and new releases the next few weeks (with both bug
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fixes and new features), so check http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78 (our
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fixes and new features), so check http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78 (our
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The developers of this package can be reached through the email address
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<lm78@stimpy.netroedge.com>. Do not hesitate to mail us if you have questions,
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<lm78@stimpy.netroedge.com>. Do not hesitate to mail us if you have questions,
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suggestions, problems, want to contribute, or just want to report it works
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suggestions, problems, want to contribute, or just want to report it works
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for you. But please try to read the documentation first before you ask
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for you. But please try to read the documentation and FAQ first before you ask
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any questions!
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any questions!
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Sensors FAQ for lm_sensors version 2
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[Internal comments/questions/uncertainties are in square brackets.]
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Note: some questions were specific for version 1. These are put together
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1 What sensors are available on my PC?
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1.1 What can a sensor chip like the "LM78" do?
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2.1 What is the SMBus? And the I2C bus?
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2.2 What sensors does the Pentium 2 (and P6) have?
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3 Installation and management
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3.2 How do I know which chips I own?
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3.3 Which modules should I insert?
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4.2 Why do my two LM75's report "-48 degrees"?
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4.11 SMBus transactions on my PIIX4 simply don't work (timeouts happen). Why?
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4.12 My BIOS reports a much higher CPU temperature than your modules!
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1 What sensors are available on my PC?
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Most medium/high-end computers since late 1997 now come with a LM78 or
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LM79 hardware health monitoring chip and an SMBus.
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The LM78 is a chip made by National Semiconductor which can monitor 7
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voltages (5 positive, 2 negative) from 0 to 4.08V. The inputs are usually in
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series with voltage dividers which lower the 12+/-V and 5+/-V supplies to
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measurable range. Therefore, the readings for such inputs need to be
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The LM78 also has 3 fan speed monitoring inputs, an internal
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which are hardwired and used to indicate to the power regulator (usually on
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the mainboard close to the processor socket/slot) what voltage to supply to
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the processor.
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SMBus.
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web-site. Complete specs on the LMxx chips talked about in this FAQ can be
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downloaded at:
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4.5 My voltage readings seem to drift a bit. Is something wrong with my power
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supply?
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No, probably not. If your motherboard heats up a bit, the sensed
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voltages will drift a bit. If your power supply is loaded (because a disk
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gets going, for example), the voltages may get a bit lower. As long as they
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stay within a sensible range (say 10% of the expected value), there is no
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reason to worry.
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4.6 Some measurements are way out of range. What happened?
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Each module tries to set limits to sensible values on initialization,
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but a module does not know how a chip is actually connected. This is
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described in the configuration file, which is not read by kernel modules.
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So limits can be strange, if the chip is connected in a non-standard way.
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Readings can also be strange; there are several reasons for this.
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Temperature sensors, for example, can simply not be present, even though
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the chip supports them. Also, it can be that the input is used in a
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non-standard way. You can use the configuration file to describe how this
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measurement should be interpreted; see the comments the example file for
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more information.
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4.7 What are VID lines?
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These describe the voltage your processors use. This is only supported
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for Pentium 2 and newer processors, and even then they are not always
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correctly connected to the sensor chip, so the readings may be out of
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range. A value of +3.5 V is especially suspect.
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4.8 I try to read sensor values several times a second, but it seems to be
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updated only each second or so. Why?
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If we would read the registers more often, it would not find the
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time to update them. So we only update our readings once each 1.5 seconds
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(the actual delay is chip-specific; for some chips, it may not be needed
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at all).
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4.9 It sometimes seems to take a fraction of a seconds before I see the
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sensor reading results. Why?
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ISA bus access is fast, but SMBus access is really slow. If you have
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a lot of sensors, it just takes a lot of time to access them. Fortunately,
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this has almost no impact on the system as a whole, as another job can run
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while we are waiting for the transaction to finish.
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4.10 Can I be alerted when an ALARM occurs?
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No, you can't; and it may well be never supported.
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Almost no mainboard we have encountered have actually connected the
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IRQ-out pin of sensor chips. That means that we could enable IRQ reporting, but
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nothing would happen. Also, even if a motherboard has it connected, it is
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unclear what interrupt number would be triggered. And IRQ lines are a scarce
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facility, which means that almost nobody would be able to use it anyway.
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The SMI interrupt is only available on a few types of chips. It is
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really a very obscure way to handle interrupts, and supporting it under Linux
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might be quite hard to do.
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Your best bet would be to poll the alarm file with a user-land daemon
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which alerts you if an alarm is raised. I am not aware of any program which
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does the job, though you might want to examine one of the graphical monitor
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programs under X, see doc/useful_addresses.html for addresses.
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4.11 SMBus transactions on my PIIX4 simply don't work (timeouts happen). Why?
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Some chips which mainboard makers connect to the SMBus are not SMBus
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devices. An example is the 91xx clock generator chips. When read, these
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devices can lock up the SMBus until the next hard reboot. This is because
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they have a similar serial interface (like the I2C), but don't conform to
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Intel's SMBus standard.
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Why did they connect these devices to the SMBus if they aren't
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compatible? Good question! :') Actually, these devices may support being
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written to, but lock things up when they are read.
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4.12 My BIOS reports a much higher CPU temperature than your modules!
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We display the actual temperature of the sensor. This may not be the
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temperature you are interested in, though. If a sensor should measure
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the CPU temperature, it must be in thermal contact with it. In practice,
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it is just somewhere near it. Your BIOS may correct for this (by adding,
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for example, thirty degrees to the measured temperature). The correction
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factor is regrettably different for each mainboard, so we can not do this
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in the module itself. You can do it through the configuration file, though:
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|
chip lm75-*-49 # Or whatever chip this relates to
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|
label temp "Processor"
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|
compute temp @*1.2+13,(@-13)/1.2 # Or whatever formula
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4.13 I try to read the raw /proc files, but the values are strange?!?
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|
Remember, these values do not take the configuration file
|
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|
'compute' lines in account. This is especially obvious for voltage readings
|
||||||
|
(usually called in? or vin?). Use a program linked to libsensors (like
|
||||||
|
the provided 'sensors' program) instead.
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|
4.14 How do I set new limits?
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|
This is a bit intricate right now. In the near future, this can be
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done through the 'sensors' program, which will take account of the
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|
computations specified in the configuration file. This will probably not
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|
be implemented in time for 2.1.0, though.
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|
At this moment, you have to cat values to /proc/sys/dev/sensors/*/*
|
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|
files, and do any computations by hand. Sorry.
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4.15 Some sensors are doubly detected?
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|
Yes, this is still a problem. It will partially solved in the future,
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|
but it is really tough. Double detections can be caused by two things:
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sensors can be detected to both the ISA and the SMBus (and if you have
|
||||||
|
loaded the approprate adapter drivers, it will be detected on both), and
|
||||||
|
some chips simulate other chips (the Winbond W83781D simulates LM75 chips
|
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|
on the SMBus, for example). Remove the offending adapter or chip driver,
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or live with it for now.
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5 How to ask for help:
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We are always willing to answer questions if things don't work out.
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||||||
|
Please mail lm78@stimpy.netroedge.com, and not the individual authors,
|
||||||
|
unless you have something private to say. Especially, do not mail
|
||||||
|
Alexander Larsson, as he has left the development team. You can be assured
|
||||||
|
that any mail sent to lm78@stimpy.netroedge.com will arrive at anyone
|
||||||
|
who answered your email, so please do not CC: him again.
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Instead of using email, you can also use the web-based support
|
||||||
|
area, at http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/support.html. You will be helped
|
||||||
|
just as fast, and others may profit from the answer too. You will be
|
||||||
|
noticed automatically when your question has been answered.
|
||||||
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|
5.1 What to do if it won't insert?
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|
Always inspect the output of 'dmesg' and send it to us. Check
|
||||||
|
/proc/pci for your SMBus adapter, and send the output too. Check whether
|
||||||
|
you actually have a sensor chip - sometimes, it is only an upgrade option.
|
||||||
|
If your mainboard manual happens to mention the chip type, send it too.
|
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|
Tell us what mainboard you own.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
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|
5.2 What to do if it inserts, but nothing happens?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Check /proc/pci to see whether you have a supported adapter. If it
|
||||||
|
is not there, we do not support it. Future version may do it. If you want,
|
||||||
|
you can send us an email telling you have a such-and-so mainboard, together
|
||||||
|
with the PCI output - that way, we can see what SMBus hosts are used most.
|
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|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
5.3 What to do if I read only bogus information?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
It may be that this was a mis-detection: the chip may not be
|
||||||
|
present. If you are convinced there is something wrong, please send us
|
||||||
|
the usual information (see 5.1).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
5.4 What to do if you have other problems?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Again, send the output of 'dmesg', /proc/sensors and /proc/pci.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
5.5 What if it just works like a charm?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Drop us a mail if you feel like it, mentioning the mainboard and
|
||||||
|
detected chip type. That way, we have some positive feedback, too!
|
||||||
|
|
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|
6 Version 1 specific questions
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
6.1 My manufacturer swears that my mainboard has an SMBus, but your code
|
||||||
|
reports that it can't find it. What's wrong?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Currently, our code only assumes that an SMBus exists if it originates
|
||||||
|
from the Intel PIIX4 (82371AB). If your computer doesn't have one, or if your
|
||||||
|
SMBus originates from a different SMBus 'host', then you are out of luck. :'(
|
||||||
|
Our experience is, though, that most machines have a PIIX4, and that it is
|
||||||
|
where the SMBus is hosted.
|
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|
|
||||||
|
Regarding the VIA chip set(s):
|
||||||
|
Right now, the SMBus code depends on the Intel PIIX4 chip to handle
|
||||||
|
SMBus transactions. The VIA chip set is NOT supported at this time because
|
||||||
|
it forces much of the SMBus protocol to be implemented by software.
|
||||||
|
To implement the SMBus correctly with the VIA chip, it needs to be
|
||||||
|
written at a low level to be quick. A more attractive alternative is to
|
||||||
|
use the Bios SMBus interface (not always available nor standard).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Version 2 supports the VIA chipset, and will support other chipsets.
|
||||||
|
Version 1 never will.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
6.2 The modules won't load, saying 'SMBus not detected'.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
This should no longer be an issue in 1.4.10 and later; it will
|
||||||
|
continue loading, but it won't support SMBus-connected devices, of course.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
6.3 I try to read /proc/sensors, and I get a "No sensor data yet (try again in
|
||||||
|
a few moments)" message. Why?
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
It takes about 1.5 seconds for the LM78 to update all its sensor
|
||||||
|
values. If we would try to read it before it finished that, you would get
|
||||||
|
old garbage instead. So you have to wait 1.5 seconds after the module is
|
||||||
|
inserted before you can access /proc/sensors.
|
||||||
|
Module versions 1.3.7 and later let the process sleep if it tries
|
||||||
|
to access sensor data right after insertion time, and do not display this
|
||||||
|
message anymore.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
6.4 On my Dell, a LM80 is detected, but all readings are 0!
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
This is a bug we have only observed on Dell computers. There is
|
||||||
|
probably a problem with the way the SMBus is accessed; but it is not yet
|
||||||
|
clear whether the problem is in our code or with the Dells.
|
||||||
|
There are very probably no sensor chips at all on your computer;
|
||||||
|
but until somebody contacts Dell about this and tells us the results, we
|
||||||
|
can not be sure.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
-----------
|
||||||
|
Rev 2.0 (Frodo) Major revision for lm_sensors 2.1, 19981229
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.10 (Frodo) Modified 3.8, updated some other things, 19980924
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.9 (Frodo) Added 3.15, 19980906
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.8 (Frodo) Added 3.14, 19980905
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.7 (Phil) Added 3.13 and some other minor changes, 19980901
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.6 (Frodo) Added 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 19980901
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.5 (Frodo) Added 2.3, 2.4, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 19980826
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.4 (Frodo) Added some more Winbond information, and 3.5-3.8, 19980817
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.3 Added info on the Winbond chip, 19980816
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.2 Adapation by Frodo Looijaard, 19980810
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.1 Modifications by Philip Edelbrock, 19980809
|
||||||
|
Rev 1.0 Written by Philip Edelbrock, 19980803
|
19
lm_sensors.lsm
Normal file
19
lm_sensors.lsm
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
|
|||||||
|
Begin3
|
||||||
|
Title: lm_sensors
|
||||||
|
Version: 2.1.0
|
||||||
|
Entered-date: 29DEC98
|
||||||
|
Description: Hardware health monitoring package for Linux. It consists of
|
||||||
|
kernel modules to access sensor chips and SMBus hardware,
|
||||||
|
of a library to allow applications to read this data more
|
||||||
|
easily, and of an example program to pretty print this data.
|
||||||
|
LM78, LM79, LM80, W83781D and GL518SM sensor chips are
|
||||||
|
supported, among others. PIIX4 and VIA chipset SMBus
|
||||||
|
implementations are supported, as well as many I2C busses.
|
||||||
|
Version 2 is a complete non-compatible modular rewrite of this
|
||||||
|
package, with full I2C and SMBus support.
|
||||||
|
Keywords: kernel module SMBus sensors LM78 health
|
||||||
|
Author: frodol@dds.nl (Frodo Looijaard)
|
||||||
|
phil@netroedge.com (Philip Edelbrock)
|
||||||
|
Primary-site: http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78
|
||||||
|
Copying-policy: GPL
|
||||||
|
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