Hi Rudolf, > > Attached is a zip file containing the results of the k8temp driver on > > my machine. It compiles and installs with no problems. The temperature > > readings do not compare to what the w83627ehf reports. In the zip file > > is comp_temp.gif which plots the results. It seems the digital > > temperature sensors are located nearer the surface of the chip, or > > perhaps are isolated thermally somehow, since they respond much faster > > to a change in the load average. > > Yes they should be somewhere in the core imho. It looks like there are four sensors then? > > I did not test whether the > > temperatures respond differently to a load applied to just one CPU. > > Also, I do not know why the w83627ehf reports two temperatures from > > the athlon 64 x2. It may be the processor has two analog temperature > > pins. > > Yes it has two analog pins. > > > However, the temperatures are always within 1 degree C of each > > other. > > I think thats because of the load balancing. I could test that, I don't think it's load balancing, but I don't have any data to back it up. > Many thanks for the test. Now we know: > > 1) it works on single core > 2) it works on dualcore > 3) it works on 2x CPU > 4) it shoud work on 2x dualcore ;) > > Just a curios did you test with latest version :) ? (it has dword reads for temps) I'll double-check, but I downloaded http://assembler.cz/download/amd_digital_temp.tar.gz on Friday. David
