Following an IRC-request by Jean here: this is a log-excerpt that shows the life of the driver from loading until bailing out: Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c-core: driver asb100 registered. Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: found normal i2c_range entry for adapter 1, addr 0028 Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (pre): CNT=00, CMD=4f, ADD=50, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: SMBus busy (0x40). Resetting... Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Successfull! Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Error: no response! Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (post): CNT=00, CMD=4f, ADD=50, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: found normal i2c_range entry for adapter 1, addr 0029 Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (pre): CNT=00, CMD=4f, ADD=52, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: SMBus busy (0x40). Resetting... Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Successfull! Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Error: no response! Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (post): CNT=00, CMD=4f, ADD=52, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: found normal i2c_range entry for adapter 1, addr 002a Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (pre): CNT=00, CMD=4f, ADD=54, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: SMBus busy (0x40). Resetting... Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Successfull! Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Error: no response! Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (post): CNT=00, CMD=4f, ADD=54, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: found normal i2c_range entry for adapter 1, addr 002b Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (pre): CNT=00, CMD=4f, ADD=56, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: SMBus busy (0x40). Resetting... Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Successfull! Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (post): CNT=00, CMD=4f, ADD=56, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (pre): CNT=08, CMD=4e, ADD=57, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: SMBus busy (0x40). Resetting... Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Successfull! Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (post): CNT=08, CMD=4e, ADD=57, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (pre): CNT=08, CMD=4f, ADD=57, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: SMBus busy (0x40). Resetting... Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Successfull! Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: Transaction (post): CNT=08, CMD=4f, ADD=57, DAT0=00, DAT1=ff Oct 31 22:03:05 antares kernel: asb100.o: detect failed, bad chip id 0x00! -- Benjamin Judas --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentoo-developer http://dev.gentoo.org/~beejay Giessen, Germany http://www.gentoo.org GPG-Key : 0xC31DEDD8 Key-Fingerprint : 4E65 AAFE 785B 61D8 E4D9 1671 E017 87B7 C31D EDD8 Jabber : beejay at im.gentoo.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil Url : http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/attachments/20041103/9e77f68c/attachment.bin