On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:16:35 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 15:44 -0400, Jean Delvare wrote: > > The NCT6775 supports only 4 fans, so either there is some multiplexing > > in place (which we don't support) or you have a second hardware > > monitoring chip on your system. > > I had not thought about multiplexing - good point. That would explain > why the chassis fans can only be configured for manual mode or full on. >From a monitoring perspective, this makes absolutely no sense of course, as this means a delay in detecting fan failure. But the fact is that we've already seen this in the past. Manufacturer apparently preferred to save a few cents per board by using multiplexing and getting an ugly and unreliable solution rather than adding a second hardware monitoring chip for a clean and reliable one. Tsss... -- Jean Delvare _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
