On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:46:18 +0200 Michael Riepe <michael.riepe at googlemail.com> wrote: > This small patch enables the coretemp driver on an Intel Atom. I'm not > sure if the readings are correct, however - on my 330, the driver > reports values between 27 and 41 __C (with core1 being about 8__C hotter > than core0, given the same load). Maybe the maximum temperature of 100 > __C is wrong for Atom CPUs. > > -- > Michael "Tired" Riepe <michael.riepe at googlemail.com> > X-Tired: Each morning I get up I die a little > > > [linux-2.6.29.1-coretemp-atom.diff text/plain (916B)] > Signed-off-by: Michael Riepe <michael.riepe at googlemail.com> > > Index: drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c > =================================================================== > RCS file: /var/cvs/sys/kernel/linux-2.6/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c,v > retrieving revision 1.1.1.5 > diff -u -r1.1.1.5 coretemp.c > --- drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c 11 Jan 2009 21:29:23 -0000 1.1.1.5 > +++ drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c 16 Apr 2009 23:02:40 -0000 > @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ > } > } > > - if (ismobile) { > + if (ismobile || c->x86_model == 0x1c) { > > err = rdmsr_safe_on_cpu(id, 0xee, &eax, &edx); > if (err) { > @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ > if ((c->cpuid_level < 0) || (c->x86 != 0x6) || > !((c->x86_model == 0xe) || (c->x86_model == 0xf) || > (c->x86_model == 0x16) || (c->x86_model == 0x17) || > - (c->x86_model == 0x1A))) { > + (c->x86_model == 0x1A) || (c->x86_model == 0x1c))) { > > /* supported CPU not found, but report the unknown > family 6 CPU */ > I'm not 100% sure what to do about this patch. I'm inclined to merge it, even though you think it might be giving the wrong numbers, because then someone might fix it. otoh, if giving the wrong numbers leads to people's machines needlessly shutting down or something like that, then that's not so good. Opinions are sought?