Oh.. sorry. And most importantly, this worked as a fix for the unnecessary log messages. -- 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: "David Balnaves" <david at utopia.cable.nu> To: "Jean Delvare" <khali at linux-fr.org> Cc: <lm-sensors at lm-sensors.org> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 9:27 PM Subject: Re: unknown VRM version > 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 >> >
