Jean Delvare schrieb: >> [root at matrix PC87427]# modprobe -v pc87427 >> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.16-xen/kernel/drivers/hwmon/pc87427.ko >> FATAL: Error inserting pc87427 >> (/lib/modules/2.6.16-xen/kernel/drivers/hwmon/pc87427.ko): Invalid >> module format >> Have you got an idea what's going wrong? >> >> > > I'm having similar problem with another tester for another driver > off-list. It's usually a matter of adding some flag at compilation > time. Any hint in the logs (dmesg or /var/log/messages)? Is this a > 64-bit system? > Salut Jean, thanks a lot for the hint, I didn't see the syslog - it seems to work well now: Oct 8 11:59:50 matrix kernel: overflow in relocation type 10 val ffffffff881b6ec8 Oct 8 11:59:50 matrix kernel: `pc87427' likely not compiled with -mcmodel=kernel so I added -mcmodel=kernel to the Makefile's CFLAGS, which made the modprobe working. for i in /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan[1-8]_*; do echo $i; cat $i; done [root at matrix PC87427]# /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan1_alarm 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan1_fault 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan1_input 3668 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan1_min 712 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan2_alarm 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan2_fault 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan2_input 3383 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan2_min 712 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan3_alarm 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan3_fault 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan3_input 3391 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan3_min 712 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan4_alarm 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan4_fault 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan4_input 3366 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan4_min 712 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan5_alarm 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan5_fault 1 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan5_input 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan5_min 712 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan6_alarm 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan6_fault 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan6_input 2848 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan6_min 712 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan7_alarm 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan7_fault 1 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan7_input 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan7_min 712 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan8_alarm 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan8_fault 0 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan8_input 2800 /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/fan8_min 712 (there's no fans 5 and 7 installed as there's no more room in the chassis). Perfect - thanks a lot again! Although this is already sufficient to monitor I'll try the userspace lm-sensors part and I'll give you feedback on that. Kind Regards - Michael -- Michael Kress, kress at hal.saar.de http://www.michael-kress.de / http://kress.net P E N G U I N S A R E C O O L
