The thermal sensors of Intel CPUs can be detected by CPUID instruction, indicated by CPUID.06H.EAX[0]. Signed-off-by: Huaxu Wan <huaxu.wan@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c | 24 +++++++----------------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c index 2d7bcee..55122d8 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c @@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ static int __init coretemp_init(void) { int i, err = -ENODEV; struct pdev_entry *p, *n; + u32 eax; /* quick check if we run Intel */ if (cpu_data(0).x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL) @@ -450,23 +451,12 @@ static int __init coretemp_init(void) goto exit; for_each_online_cpu(i) { - struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(i); - - /* check if family 6, models 0xe (Pentium M DC), - 0xf (Core 2 DC 65nm), 0x16 (Core 2 SC 65nm), - 0x17 (Penryn 45nm), 0x1a (Nehalem), 0x1c (Atom), - 0x1e (Lynnfield) */ - 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 == 0x1c) || - (c->x86_model == 0x1e))) { - - /* supported CPU not found, but report the unknown - family 6 CPU */ - if ((c->x86 == 0x6) && (c->x86_model > 0xf)) - printk(KERN_WARNING DRVNAME ": Unknown CPU " - "model %x\n", c->x86_model); + /* check if the CPU has thermal sensor */ + eax = cpuid_eax(0x06); + if (!(eax & 0x01)) { + struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(i); + printk_once(KERN_WARNING DRVNAME ": CPU (model=0x%x)" + " has no thermal sensor!\n", c->x86_model); continue; } -- 1.6.3.3.363.g725cf7 _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors