one problem with adding i2c support to via686a in 2.6 is that it's a PCI module so you'd still have the driver conflict problem. You'd have to delay PCI module registration, or else do a separate driver. Where is the i2c address for the via686a set? couldn't find it in the docs. Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi all, > > FYI, I just solved the mystery of lm80 being misdetected on systems > where the via686a driver is used and works. It happens that the via686a > chip can *also* be accessed on the I2C bus. Alex van Kaam just told me > about that, he was aware of that for some times already. > > We might consider adding some code in sensors-detect to say we detected > something there. That said, the via686a as an i2c chip isn't necessarily > very easy to detect. I'll take a look and do what I can. > > Do we want to add i2c support to the existing via686a driver? Doesn't > seem to be necessary since I can't imagine that the chip would be seen > on i2c and not available on isa. Still something to consider is someone > doesn't want to use i2c-isa for some reason. Also, since via686a and > i2c-viapro are not compatible in Linux 2.6, having a way to access the > via686a through i2c-viapro may have an interest. >
