(don't strip the CC list) On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Phillip Pi <ant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> This morning, I rebooted my old Debian box to start using its new Kernel >> > >> 2.6.32 from 2.6.30, but I noticed my lm_sensors didn't show everything >> > >> (voltages, fan RPMs, etc.) anymore compared to 2.6.30 and earlier. I am >> > >> using a MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125) motherboard. >> > > [...] >> > >> I looked at the FAQ and saw >> > >> http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FAQ/Chapter3#Mysensorshavestoppedworkinginkernel2.6.31 >> > >> which look like my issue and matches dmesg: http://pastie.org/856424 ... >> > >> >> > >> I am scared to use the lax method since it is not recommended. Is there >> > >> another way to show the datas safely? Or do I have to use this trick or >> > >> live without them? >> > > >> > > Asus provides an ACPI interface for accessing the sensors in a safe >> > > way; I don't know what it's used on MSI boards, but I can take a look: >> > > please send me a dump of the DSDT table >> > >> > Nothing interesting in the DSDT; the hwmon chip is used only for >> > reading a temperature (TZ). >> > I think you can use "acpi_enforce_resources=lax", there not other ways >> > to access the sensor data. > > Thanks Luca. I assume it is safe to use for my motherboard to see other > datas like voltages? Not 100%, there's still a race window. But it's pretty small. > Are there be any future plans to show voltages and other datas without > the old method ("acpi_enforce_resources=lax")? We can't do much... the IO ports used by the monitoring chip are claimed by ACPI (supplied by the board vendor), so technically it's wrong for another driver to poke it. Asus provides an interface for reading the sensors in safe way, MSI does not... Luca _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
