On 10/31/07 11:47, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:39:21 -0700, Mark E. Hansen wrote: >> On 10/28/07 07:44, Jean Delvare wrote: >> > * Find working configuration files for boards similar to yours, they >> > might hold valuable hints. >> >> But if I understand it correctly, it's not just that they use the same >> chipset and sensor chips, but the resistors they use could easily be >> different (even the type of heat sensor, for example), right? > > You are right. But manufacturers have their habits, so two motherboards > from a given manufacturer using the same monitoring chip are likely to > share some settings. Okay, I see. > >> > This is tricky either way. It took me two years to be able to write >> > custom configuration files with good results, so I don't really expect >> > users to get it right at their first try. >> [ snip ] > >> (...) >> If it really is using the IT8716F, then I think I read something somewhere >> that this chip is not really supported yet, and a kernel patch was >> required. Is that right? > > Depends on what kernel version you're using. I added support for the > IT8716F in 2.6.19. For 2.6.17 and 2.6.18, there are kernel patches. > Oh, this may be a problem. I'm running CentOS 4.5, which uses kernel 2.6.9. I would imagine that it would take more than just building a new kernel to get my machine up to that level (I'm assuming there would be a lot of dependent packages that would need to be upgraded first, etc.). Is there any way to apply this patch to a 2.6.9 kernel? (probably not...) I guess I'll start looking into upgrading my machine to CentOS 5.0 (which uses kernel 2.6.18, if I understand the site correctly). Thanks for your help.
