* Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> [2003-08-05 08:14:21 +0200]: > > > The fan_min and fan_div are related. Unfortunately, many (most?) of > > our chip drivers have this problem: when one changes the fan div, the > > fan min silently changes due to the relation. When your sensors.conf > > specifies a change to both fan_min and fan_div, a race is possible > > that would require you to run `sensors -s` twice to actually get what > > you want. > > > > I fixed this when I ported lm78.c to 2.5/2.6 - I took the hint from > > someone else's code (might have been Phil P.) Haven't had time to > > propagate that to other drivers though. > > If you can tell me how it can be fixed, I could take some time to modify > the other drivers. I just committed changes to lm78.c as an example. Yes, it has locking issues as do many of the chip drivers when writing registers. There was a long, inconclusive thread about that in June: http://archives.andrew.net.au/lm-sensors/msg02991.html Regards, -- Mark M. Hoffman mhoffman at lightlink.com
