Steven Karatnyk wrote: >Hi Jean, > >I have the misfortune of having the Windbond W83687THF Super I/O IC on >my Soltek motherboard (SL-B9D-FGR). > >I tried manually patching the w83627hf.c file contained in the 2.6.15 >sources with the changes outlined in the experimental patch for >2.6.13-rc3 found on the lm_sensors drivers page. There were a few >differences in line numbers but thats about it (i.e. it was pretty >straightforward what to change). Unfortunately, it didn't work for me >(sensors-detect didn't detect...didn't even probe for this chip). This >was probably predictable, as I'm not at all familiar with what was >required and what all else would have needed to have been changed (i.e. >I was just taking a stab in the dark in hopes that I might get it right). > >Which brings me to my question: how do I go about applying the >experimental code/patch in order to gain support for my board' w83687thf ? > >Thanks, CK > > >_______________________________________________ >lm-sensors mailing list >lm-sensors at lm-sensors.org >http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors > > > for sensors support: http://lm-sensors.org/wiki/Main_Page http://lm-sensors.org/trac/ read the FAQs there. if you can build a kernel, and can apply a patch, then you can get the ones ready for 2.6.16 here. http://khali.linux-fr.org/devel/i2c/linux-2.6/ If you cant do that, try http://kernelnewbies.org/ Im sure theyve got some info that will help. the series file in there lists the patches in the order you need to apply them. to a 2.6.15 tree Theyre slated for inclusion in 16, and some of them are *thf patches. You *could* try just the *thf patches, you should know by compiling whether you need others. theres also 2 tars, might save you some hassle. BTW - youd do well to drop the *misfortunate* posture. I cant speak for that chip, but Winbond is supporting their product, one or more of them is on-list here, and they appear to play-nice-with-others. Remember what used to happen to the sissys and whiners on the school playground ? We may be more grown up now, but human nature is what it is.
