Linux 2.6.3 i2c it87 sensor support

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Wow, fast replies :-)
Ok, thanks for such a nice and fast answer,
I can wait 2.6.4 to be ready

BTW, you can mail me whenever you want for testing

Thanks again

Romain Goyet

PS : Merci encore ;-)

mercredi 25 f?vrier 2004, ? 11:21  pm, Jean Delvare a ?crit :

>> Hi I have a motherboard wich uses an it87. My problem is that the
>> latest linux kernel (2.6.3) includes a driver for this chip, but that
>> driver is older than the one included in latest lm_sensors : in
>> effect, it lacks support for it87_reset, which is implemented in
>> latest lm_sensors and which is really usefull. It also lacks
>> FanGuardian (aka SmartFan), which is also really usefull, and already
>> implemented in lm_sensors 2.8.4.
>>
>> I ABSOLUTELY needed to be able to boot without reseting the it87, so
>> I manually patched the vanilla kernel (I simply removed the
>> corresponding line), but the SmartGuardian feature still isn't there.
>
> Takeru Komoriya is working on porting the changes from our CVS
> repository to Linux 2.6. Temperature sensor types setting is already
> done [1], reset is in good shape but need some rework, and we'll work  
> on
> the Guardian thing right after that. With a bit of luck, we should  
> equal
> the level of functionality of the CVS driver as soon as in Linux 2.6.4.
>
>> Anyway; thanks for such an awesome project
>
> Thanks :)
>
> [1]  
> http://delvare.nerim.net/i2c/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.2-rc2-i2c-it87- 
> sensor-type.diff
>
> -- 
> Jean Delvare
> http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/
>




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