> 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. What do you mean by race window? I am not familiar with this term/phrase. > > 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... So no one was able to hack MSI hardwares even after a few years? And MSI never released their datas? Is that why? -- Quote of the Week: "This isn't a war. It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants." --artilleryman from H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net \ _ / E-mail: philpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or ant@xxxxxxxxxx ( ) _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
