mcp61 sensors support

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Yeah, I can recompile, no problem.

On 2/22/07, Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:02:31 -0500, Thomas Garner wrote:
> > > That being said, there are no sensors on the SMBus, only one EEPROM. If
> > > there are sensors on your system, they have to be somewhere else, maybe
> > > in the Super-I/O chip. Did you try running a recent version of
> > > sensors-detect already? What did it find?
> >
> > (...)
> > [root at ns ~]# sensors-detect
> > # sensors-detect revision 4171 (2006-09-24 03:37:01 -0700)
> >
> > This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need
> > to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe
> > and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions,
> > unless you know what you're doing.
> > (...)
> > Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to
> > standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe.
> > Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y
> > Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f
> > Trying family `ITE'...                                      Yes
> > Found unknown chip with ID 0x8726
> >     (logical device 4 has address 0x290, could be sensors)
>
> Looks like the latest Super-I/O from ITE, the IT8726F, which we do not
> support yet. At first sight it appears to be very similar to the
> IT8716F, which we do support since 2.6.18, so it should be possible to
> add support to the it87 driver easily. There are some technical details
> which are unclear in the datasheet though, so I'm waiting a bit before
> going on.
>
> Do you have the possibility to recompile your kernel and lm_sensors
> with some patches applied?
>
> --
> Jean Delvare
>




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