yes, upgrade to 2.6.19. That kernel includes a newly rewritten vt1211 driver that is compatible with the latest lm-sensors 2.10.1 (and later). ...juerg On 1/19/07, Michelle Dupuis <support at ocg.ca> wrote: > On the same topic...(this answer may address your question too) > > I just upgraded my kernel from from 2.6.17 to 2.6.18, and my old vt1211.c > broke. Although it compiles and runs, my cpu temp is now stuck at 68'C > (normally runs half that). Under 2.6.17 it showed 35'C approx. > > Is there a newer vt1211 I can download somewhere? > > Thanks, > Michelle > > -----Original Message----- > From: lm-sensors-bounces at lm-sensors.org > [mailto:lm-sensors-bounces at lm-sensors.org] On Behalf Of Juerg Haefliger > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 10:25 AM > To: Sasha Raykhman > Cc: LM Sensors > Subject: Re: question about vt1211 > > Hi Sasha, > > For future questions, please cc the lm-sensors mailing list since other > people might be interested as well. > > > I compiled the driver and successfully installed the module on my > > distribution (TimeSys 2.6.17) . I read the document I found in > > 2.6.19, but it didn't give me the idea on how to call driver functions > > from user level application. > > I'm not familiar with TimeSys but from the name I'm assuming your're running > a 2.6.17 kernel. The official vt1211 driver is not part of this kernel, it > got added later with 2.6.19. Are you using Lars Ekmans' driver? If so, you > should switch to 2.6.19 or later and use the official vt1211 driver that > comes with the kernel. > > Like all hwmon drivers, the vt1211 driver creates a bunch of sysfs files > which are used to exchange data between the driver and user-space processes. > After loading the official driver, check /sys/class/hwmon/vt1211. It > contains a bunch of files that you can access using regular read() and > write() file operations to retrieve data from the driver (like temps and fan > RPMs) or write data to the driver (like thermal thresholds). > > Please check Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface and vt1211 for an > explanation of how to interpret the various files and their content. > > The standard way is to use a tool called 'sensors' which is part of the > lm-sensors package. It reads these files, manipulates the data according to > some rules specified in /etc/sensors.conf and displays them. Check it out... > > > > VIA Web site has utility VIA_SystemHealth, but they don't provide > > source code as a reference for developers. Could you please give me > > some idea on how to find API to the driver. > > VIA's tool doesn't work with the 2.6.19 vt1211 driver, it is tailored toward > the old unofficial driver. > > ...juerg > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > -- sasha > > > > _______________________________________________ > lm-sensors mailing list > lm-sensors at lm-sensors.org > http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors > > >
