When "i2cdetect -F" says "SMBus PEC", it's extremely misleading. The issue is whether or not PEC has *HARDWARE* support, not whether PEC itself is supported. (PEC is portably implemented in software.) --- lm_sensors-2.10.4.orig/prog/detect/i2cdetect.c +++ lm_sensors-2.10.4/prog/detect/i2cdetect.c @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static const struct func all_func[] = { { .value = I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BLOCK_PROC_CALL, .name = "SMBus Block Process Call" }, { .value = I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_HWPEC_CALC, - .name = "SMBus PEC" }, + .name = "SMBus PEC in Hardware" }, { .value = I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_I2C_BLOCK, .name = "I2C Block Write" }, { .value = I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_I2C_BLOCK,