Dear,
I'm trying to use I2C and lm_sensors (2.6.3) on Compaq Proliant ML570
(2 Xeons installed). According to dmesg, it has got chipset ServerWorks
OSB4.
I use monolithic kernels (no dynamically inserted modules), currently
2.4.18.
Just after Debian installation, when the kernel was modular, I used
'sensors-detect' and got:
"Use driver 'i2c-piix4' for device 00:0f:0: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge
Probe successfully concluded.
We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Load `i2c-piix4' [YES]
modprobe: Can't locate module i2c-piix4"
This version of Debian maybe hasn't got this module but it's not the
problem because I just wanted to know which module I needed and I do _not_
want to use modular kernels anyway.
First, I built a kernel using Debian packages for i2c-source and
lm-sensors-source a few times.
I patched kernel sources following instructions from INSTALL files. I
used method number 3 in i2c and method number 2 in lm-sensors. During
'make menuconfig' I chose in section "I2C support":
CONFIG_I2C=y
CONFIG_I2C_ALGOBIT=y
CONFIG_I2C_BITLP=y
CONFIG_I2C_MAINBOARD=y
CONFIG_I2C_PIIX4=y
CONFIG_I2C_ISA=y
CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
CONFIG_I2C_PROC=y
Because I don't know which sensors I should choose in section "Hardware
sensors support", I was choosing various combinations of them (as David Z.
Maze - Debian maintainer - wrote me that too much of them can cause
problems with the proper ones). He also advised me to use original
tarballs with i2c and lm_sensors so I did that. But that didn't help
either.
Using 'sensors' I got all values equal zero (for temperatures and
voltages) or -1 (for fans).
Because dmesg says:
i2c-piix4.o: SMB base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use
force_addr=0xaddr
I upgraded BIOS to the newest available version (dated 5 April 2002),
which is even newer than i2c and lm_sensors tarballs :-) but the error
message is the same.
I can't use "force_addr=..." for modprobe because I don't use loadable
modules at all.
What can I do?
Below I'm including excerpts from the latest dmesg (I'm not sending full
one as I don't want to add too much "noise" but if you need it, just tell
me).
I'm quite confused and down after many days of trials with it so I may be
omitting some info you need. If so, don't hesitate to ask me.
Thank you in advance.
Linux version 2.4.18 (tomek at kiezmar) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 SMP Wed Jul 3 22:39:06 CEST 2002
[...]
i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.6.3 (20020322)
i2c-dev.o: i2c /dev entries driver module version 2.6.3 (20020322)
i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module version 2.6.3 (20020322)
i2c-philips-par.o: i2c Philips parallel port adapter module version 2.6.3 (20020322)
i2c-philips-par.o: attaching to parport0
i2c-dev.o: Registered 'Philips Parallel port adapter' as minor 0
i2c-proc.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
i2c-piix4.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
i2c-piix4.o: Found OSB4 device
i2c-piix4.o: SMB base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr
i2c-piix4.o: Device not detected, module not inserted.
i2c-isa.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
i2c-dev.o: Registered 'ISA main adapter' as minor 1
i2c-isa.o: ISA bus access for i2c modules initialized.
atyfb: using auxiliary register aperture
atyfb: 3D RAGE IIC (PCI) [0x4756 rev 0x7a] 4M SDRAM, 14.31818 MHz XTAL, 230 MHz PLL, 83 Mhz MCLK
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x25
fb0: ATY Mach64 frame buffer device on PCI
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
adm1021.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
adm1025.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
adm9240.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
bt869.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
bt869.o: probing address 68 .
bt869.o: address 0x44 testing-->0x0
bt869.o: probing address 69 .
bt869.o: address 0x45 testing-->0x0
ddcmon.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
ds1621.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
gl518sm.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
gl520sm.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
gl520sm.o: Ignoring 'force' parameter for unknown chip at adapter 0, address 0x2c
gl520sm.o: Ignoring 'force' parameter for unknown chip at adapter 0, address 0x2d
lm75.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
lm78.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
lm80.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
lm87.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
mtp008.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
w83781d.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
eeprom.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
it87.o version 2.6.3 (20020322)
i2c-core.o: register_driver(IT87xx sensor driver) - enlarge I2C_DRIVER_MAX.
it87.o: Driver registration failed, module not inserted.
[...]
ServerWorks OSB4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 79
ServerWorks OSB4: chipset revision 0
ServerWorks OSB4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x2c00-0x2c07, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x2c08-0x2c0f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
Regards
--
Tomasz Papszun SysAdm @ TP S.A. Lodz, Poland | And it's only
tomek at lodz.tpsa.pl http://www.lodz.tpsa.pl/ | ones and zeros.
