Hi Jean, > Reading the P5GD1-VM sensors > > I have been using lmsensors for quite a while now but recently stumbled > across an ASUS P5GD1-VM MotherBoard at work. > > I installed the i2c and lmsensors, read the quick installation > documentation, ran the suggested utilities and was able to identify the > sensor chip as a Winbound w83627ehf. > > I then applied all the recommendations, updated the files as specified, > restarted my machine and came out empty handed. No sensors detected. > Spent quite a bit of time googling to get further information about the > w83627ehf Super IO Chip, but results were unsuccessful. > (...) > Of course Asus Probe reads all parameters correctly, so why was it that > I could not do it in Slackware 10.2 using a 2.4.31 kernel. Because the w83627ehf driver only exists for Linux 2.6 at the moment. Nobody ported it back to lm_sensors CVS (which is where drivers for Linux 2.4 are maintained), most probably due to a lack of resources and interest. I just modified our "new drivers" web page to mention your interest in a backport. Your trick of forcing the w83781d driver is interesting, although a bit complex for the regular users, and there are also some new features of the W83627EHF chip which you will miss. But I agree that it's better than nothing. -- Jean Delvare
