On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jean Delvare wrote: > > > I have a problem with the w83781d module. It used to work just fine in > > version 2.6.1 on a 2.4.18 kernel, but just hangs the complete system > > with sensors 2.8.1 with a 2.4.21 kernel. > > >From what you say below, I don't think the w83781d module is the > problem. I'd rather say that the i2c-piix4 module is. > > I'm not particularly experimented with bus drivers, but I'll try to > help. > > > 5. Doing a 'modprobe i2c-piix4' generates the following kernel log > > messages: > > i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.8.1 (20031005) > > i2c-piix4.o version 2.8.1 (20031005) > > Found ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge device > > dmi_scan.o version 2.8.1 (20031005) > > dmi_scan.o: SM BIOS found > > Worked around buggy BIOS (I2C) > > That last message looks interesting. I would edit i2c-piix4.c in your > 2.8.1 sources and disable that workaround. Could be that on your system, > the workaround does more harm than help. Or it might be worse, I dunno > ;) I disabled that workaround and everything works fine now. Thanks a lot! I am not sure if you would like to investigate this further. I assume you got better things to do :-) If you are interested in investigating this and I can provide any additional data, do not hesitate to contact me again, so I will do what I can to help improve lm_sensors. Best Regards, Martin ________________________________________________________________________ Martin Apel, Dipl.-Inform. Human Solutions GmbH Group Manager Software Development phone +49 (0)631 303-5600 Europaallee 10, 67657 Kaiserslautern fax +49 (0)631 303-5700 Germany apel at human-solutions.com http://www.human-solutions.com ________________________________________________________________________
