Jean, Thanks for the update on how and where the coretemp-* module gets its values. Understanding this makes the 10?C not seems too great a difference. James, On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 20:43 +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:35:05 -0700 (PDT), JAMES SCOTT wrote: > > Jean; The abituguru3... sensors output showed 'CPU 40c' and coretemp... > > details the same CPU around '50c'. So, I have output, it is formatted > > correctly. However, I believe the reported value is wrong. 10c is a > > huge difference in values - which is correct? > > 10?C isn't that big, it really depends what the different sensors > measure exactly. It is possible that all temperatures are correct and > just not measuring the same thing. The coretemp driver reports the CPU > core temperature, which is presumably the hottest point of the CPU. The > abituguru driver, OTOH, may be reporting the temperature in the CPU > socket, or the temperature of a thermal diode close to the CPU or > inside the CPU but not in the core. It is expected that the reported > temperature is lower. > > > I did not find the coretemp-isa-* in the sensors.conf file. Do you > > know where the computes for this module are setup? > > No computes are needed for the coretemp, the temperatures are reported > directly by the driver. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/attachments/20071021/8cc4a0b0/attachment.html
