VRM value in libsensors/sensors

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On 6/29/07, Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl> wrote:
> Jean Delvare wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am thinking of removing SENSORS_FEATURE_VRM from the new libsensors.
> > A first reason for that is that the newer VRM codes as used in the 2.6
> > kernel are arbitrary numbers and don't match the Intel specification
> > numbers as the first ones did. So we may display things like "VRM
> > version 1.3" and that's confusing because it doesn't correspond to
> > anything real. A second reason is that Rudolf Marek added code to set
> > the VRM version automatically depending on the CPU model some times ago
> > already, and it works very well, so the users no longer have to care
> > about VRM versions.
> >
> > I would even go as far as switching the vrm attribute of the hwmon
> > kernel drivers to read-only... or even remove them entirely.
> >
>
> I think that removing VRM support is a good idea, its called libsensors, so
> lets stick to sensors.

I second that.

...juerg



>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
>
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