> Hi Nick,
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> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:03:23 -0600, Nick Hall wrote:
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> > Thanks, I checked and my motherboard did indeed have that chip. The only
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> > difference, if it matters, is that under the "IT8728F" mine had "1039-CXS"
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> > and "ZC46FBGB".
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> OK, thanks. If you feel lucky, you may try to load the it87 driver with
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> parameter force_id, to force the driver to consider your chip as one it
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> supports. Given the name of your device, the first values to try would
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> be 0x8721 and 0x8720 (the two most recent chips) or 0x8718 (in case the
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> IT8728F is an evolution of the IT8718F - I remember the IT8716F and
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> IT8726F were compatible.) If you give this a try, please let us know
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> the results.
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> Or you can wait for us to get a datasheet for the IT8728F. We currently
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> don't have it. The device isnt' even listed on ITE's website.
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> > And regarding the sensors-detect script, I understand now. If anyone is
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> > interested, my Sandy Bridge processor would be model "0x2A" according to how
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> > that script does things.
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> This is an option, yes, but it would be better if we could implement
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> the same detection logic as the coretemp driver has. For one thing, this
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> would guarantee that the two are always in sync. For another, it would
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> lower the maintenance effort from our side, as the new detection logic
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> is universal and doesn't need to be updated with every new CPU model.
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> I'm looking into it but this is non-trivial.
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>
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> --
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> Jean Delvare
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> http://khali.linux-fr.org/wishlist.html
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>
Thanks very much for your help, I was able to load the it87 driver with 0x8720 and now running "sensors" gives data that at first glance makes sense.
Nick
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