[PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (coretemp) Detect the thermal sensors by CPUID

[Huaxu Wan <huaxu.wan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The thermal sensors of Intel(R) CPUs can be detected by CPUID instruction,
indicated by CPUID.06H.EAX[0].

Signed-off-by: Huaxu Wan <huaxu.wan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 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 e9b7fbc..237c68d 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 0x%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

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