Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck <at> ericsson.com> writes: > > Intel provides an open source SDK which can be used to access QST information. > You can get this SDK from > http://software.intel.com/en- us/articles/Intel_Quiet_System_Technology_Software_Development_Kit/ > > This SDK depends on a Linux driver named heci. This driver was made available by Intel > at http://sourceforge.net/projects/openamt/. The driver was included in the Linux kernel > staging tree for a period of time. Unfortunately, Intel abandoned the project and requested > the driver to be removed from the kernel, which happened with 2.6.32. See "Linux support" at > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology_%28AMT%29 > for details. Too bad, since the driver seemed to be in pretty good shape. > > In summary, if you want to buy an Intel board and want to see voltage and fan monitoring > data in Linux, check the board specification if it utilizes QST for fan control. If it does, > the board may not be optimal for your purpose, and you might want to look for another board > instead. > > If you do have such a board and want its fan control to be supported by the Linux kernel, > I would suggest to get in touch with Intel and request such support. Maybe they reconsider > their position if enough people request it. Good news, Intel released new open source AMT drivers: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/download-the-latest-intel-amt-open- source-drivers/ _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
