Hi Michael, On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:18:23 -0500, Michael Hampton wrote: > I applied this patch to my current Fedora 10 kernel but the patched > module fails to load: > root at underground ~ # modprobe w83627ehf > FATAL: Error inserting w83627ehf > (/lib/modules/2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.x86_64/kernel/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.ko): > No such device > > I haven't tried with a vanilla kernel yet. I don't usually run them. > > Interestingly, sensors-detect says the device has a different ID: Different from what? > Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. We have to write to > standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe. > Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): > Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f > Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No > Trying family `SMSC'... No > Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... Yes > Found unknown chip with ID 0xa513 > (logical device B has address 0x290, could be sensors) > Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f > Trying family `National Semiconductor'... No > Trying family `SMSC'... No > Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Fintek'... No > Trying family `ITE'... No The driver accepts IDs 0xa510 to 0xa51f so it should be OK. -- Jean Delvare
