DDR2 SODIMM temperature sensor driver

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On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 09:30:21AM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Felix,
> 
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:47:23 +0200, Felix Radensky wrote:
> > I'm looking for a driver for DDR2 SODIMM temperature sensor.
> > Is it available for Linux, or maybe somebody is working on it ?
> 
> The only temperature sensor driver we have for memory modules is
> i5k_amb, which handles the Intel 5000 series chipsets:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=drivers/hwmon/i5k_amb.c
> These chips are only found in high-end servers as far as I know. I
> don't know exactly where the sensors are located, maybe Darrick (Cc'd)
> knows more.

The FB-DIMM temperature sensors are inside the AMB buffer chip on the
memory module.  Not sure how many non-FB DDR2 DIMMs have temperature
sensors that you can read; none of my machines (even the laptops) have
any.

--D




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