Hi Jean, yes the values of the it8712 make sense. Most likely its a BIOS issue, I try now to connect Aaeon (They celebrate new year at the moment...). The VT1211: I have a VIA CX700M on board and on http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/c-series/cx700m/ it looks like it's included. Many Thanks, I let you know how the story moves on... Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Delvare" <khali at linux-fr.org> To: "Peter Eser" <Peter.Eser at heuft.com> Cc: "Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman at lightlink.com>; <lm-sensors at lm-sensors.org> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 5:51 PM Subject: Re: failed to load it87 module on IT8712F > Hi Peter, > > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 07:50:43 +0100, Peter Eser wrote: > > Ok, switched on some debug messages on i2c and hardware monitoring chip > > debugging messages. > > > > After that on insmod it87 I also see "Device not activated, skipping" > > (perhaps I've only overseen that before). > > I then commented out the goto exit; in it87.c after this message and voila > > the driver says now: > > > > Found IT8712F chip at 0x290, revision 7 > > it87 it87.656: Detected broken BIOS defaults, disabling PWM interface > > > > sensors says: > > > > it8712-isa-0290 > > Adapter: ISA Adapter > > and the voltages, etc. following (yeah...) > > Please include the actual output of "sensors". Just because it prints > values doesn't mean these are real. In particular, if the logical > device is not enabled, it is likely that the chip doesn't actually > refresh the monitored values. Check if the values make sense, and check > if they change over time. > > 99% of the time, logical devices that are not activated by the BIOS are > not actually used. That's the reason why most hwmon drivers do not have > any option to forcibly activate the disabled devices. Your case could > be different, of course... But then it would call for a BIOS fix rather > than a driver fix. > > In your original post, you said that the board was also supposed to > have a VT1211. Did you find it on the board? Or could it be hiding > under a heatsink? If the board really has both a VT1211 and an IT8712F > then it is very likely that only one of those has its hardware > monitoring features used. I have to admit I would be surprised though - > two Super-I/O chips on the same board doesn't make much sense. > > -- > Jean Delvare >
