Hi Jean, Thanks for the help. I found that /etc/init.d/lm-sensors was a convenient place to put the modification. -- David Balnaves URSYS Pty. Ltd 13 Burwood Rd. Burwood NSW 2134 Australia Ph 02 8745 2832 Fax 02 8745 2828 david.balnaves at ursys.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Delvare" <khali at linux-fr.org> To: "David Balnaves" <david at utopia.cable.nu> Cc: <lm-sensors at lm-sensors.org> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 6:33 PM Subject: Re: unknown VRM version > Hi David, > > On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:54:50 +1000, David Balnaves wrote: >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> wintermute:~# uname -r >> 2.6.20.3-ubuntu1 >> >> wintermute:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo >> processor : 0 >> vendor_id : Geode by NSC >> cpu family : 5 >> model : 9 >> model name : Unknown >> stepping : 1 >> cpu MHz : 266.648 >> fdiv_bug : no >> hlt_bug : no >> f00f_bug : no >> coma_bug : no >> fpu : yes >> fpu_exception : yes >> cpuid level : 2 >> wp : yes >> flags : fpu tsc msr cx8 cmov mmx cxmmx >> bogomips : 533.87 >> clflush size : 32 > > I am reasonably certain that the Geode CPUs have no VID pins, so it is > expected that this particular feature of the PC87366 isn't used on your > system. > > The annoying "Requested unsupported VRM version" message that fills > your logs has been fixed in kernel 2.6.22. For earlier kernel versions, > there is no direct way to disable this warning message, but the > following workaround should work: > > * Search for the "vrm" file under /sys. It should be reachable as > either /sys/devices/platform/pc87366.26144/vrm > or /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/device/vrm. > > * Write value 90 to that file: > echo 90 > /sys/devices/platform/pc87366.26144/vrm > > After doing that, the warning message should no longer be logged. > You'll have to reiterate the operation after each reboot so you > probably want to add the command in some local boot script. > > -- > Jean Delvare >
