On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:03:31 +0100, Luca Tettamanti wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Joris Creyghton <jorisctn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Both display 4 fan's, they agree about the CPU fan, but the new interface
> >> assigns one value to a NB fan (North Bridge =? Memory Control Hub (MCH)).
> >> There is no such fan on the Sabertooth board. There are 2 chassis fans and a
> >> power fan though.
> >
> > The names are supplied by the BIOS, so this is another bug.
> > HWF2 is named "CHASSIS3" in the old interface and "Power" in the new.
> > HWF4 is "POWER" in the old interface but "NB" in the new one.
> > They probably swapped the labels... you can try and raise the issue with Asus.
>
> Oh, BTW: is there an updated BIOS for the board? This issue should be
> visible also under Windows... I guess someone should have noticed.
> It might make sense to let the user override the labels, Jean what do you think?
It is already possible. Driver-provided labels are only a hint and a
bonus, it is still possible to specify labels in the traditional way
with a sensors3.conf file, for example:
chip "asus_atk0110-*"
label fan4 "Chassis Fan 3"
Such definitions take precedence over driver-provided labels.
> Joris, can you also send me the output of dmidecode?
--
Jean Delvare
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