> Sometimes a module needs a parameter, such as the it87 for Asus A7V600 > board, eg to define sensor types. However, nowhere is it stated how > to include a parameter. > After advice from Peter Ruskin on the gentoo-user list, I tried two > methods that worked: putting the module with parameter in the > modules.autoload/<kernel-version> file; and adding the parameter in > the conf.d/sensors file as > MODULE_1='it87 temp_type=0x1c' > > My suggestion is that instructions for adding parameters to modules > are added to the text of conf.d/sensors. Maybe there is a better way > - or maybe even a Gentoo-standard way of handling this type of > problem? I think you would simply create /etc/modules.d/it87 with "options it87 temp_type=0x1c" in it, and you're done. Not tried myself, I don't have a Gentoo. FYI, starting with lm_sensors 2.8.2, released today, you don't have to provide the "temp_type" parameter. The sensor type can be chosen through the /etc/sensors.conf file. Hope that helps. -- Jean Delvare http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/
