Hi Jean -- On Thu, 5 May 2011 18:30:41 +0200 Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Harry, > > On Thu, 05 May 2011 09:16:19 -0600, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: > > Attached are the sensors-detect output and the i2cdump > > results... > > I found just now in the list archives that you had been reporting all > the requested data back on April 14th. For some reason I never received > any of the 3 replies you sent that day :( So sorry for the delay... > > Anyway, my detection code was too strict, as it seems you have the > second revision of the EMC6W201 and my code only detected the first > one. I've committed a fixed version of the detection code, successfully > tested on the dump you sent, so I know it works. > > I've also updated the entry in wiki/Devices. Hopefully this will get > other owners of this chip, if any, to report to us. I;ll keep my fingers crossed --- this is progress... > > > FWIW: I installed the i8kutils and driver and forceloaded the driver. > > They seem to be able to read the fan speeds, but not the CPU > > temperature. So, there is some code around that works with > > this machine, but not entirely. That may be a place to look too. > > Huh. I don't know if this is good news... If the BIOS gets the fan > speeds from the EMC6W201, then we will get a resource conflict if you > try using a native driver for the EMC6W201. If the BIOS gets the fan > speeds from somewhere else, then a native driver for the EMC6W201 may > not be that useful to you. D'oh. I didn't know if that would be helpful or not. Since my machine isn't i8k, I'm not keen to use it, but I though the fact it got fan info might be helpful without really knowing how it got the data. I can hope for an lm-sensors driver... Thanks again! Harry > > -- > Jean Delvare -- Harry G. McGavran, Jr. E-mail: w5pny@xxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
