Hi Christian,
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:11:11 +0200, Christian Krafft wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please consider this tiny patch for inclusion.
> It provides the user with more precise info.
>
> Index: lm_sensors-2.10.0/prog/detect/sensors-detect
> ===================================================================
> --- lm_sensors-2.10.0.orig/prog/detect/sensors-detect
> +++ lm_sensors-2.10.0/prog/detect/sensors-detect
2.10.0 is old...
> @@ -5153,7 +5153,7 @@ sub main
>
> print "\nSome chips are also accessible through the ISA bus. ISA probes are\n".
> "typically a bit more dangerous, as we have to write to I/O ports to do\n".
> - "this. This is usually safe though.\n\n";
> + "this. This is usually safe on x86 acrhitecture.\n\n";
> if ($> != 0) {
> print "As you are not root, we shall skip this step.\n";
> } else {
> @@ -5167,7 +5167,7 @@ sub main
>
> print "\nSome Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. Super I/O probes are\n".
> "typically a bit more dangerous, as we have to write to I/O ports to do\n".
> - "this. This is usually safe though.\n\n";
> + "this. This is usually safe on x86 acrhitecture.\n\n";
> if ($> != 0) {
> print "As you are not root, we shall skip this step.\n";
> } else {
We already skip these probes on PPC:
http://www.lm-sensors.org/changeset/5125
Isn't it sufficient?
--
Jean Delvare
