Hi Jean, Am 26.03.2012 um 19:01 schrieb Jean Delvare: > [..] >> If actually it is the job of the module to do such calculations, I would offer to create an it87 patch for IT8783 fixing this - analog to an existing module with a similar behavior (if you know one). > > You assume that the PECI value always refers to the CPU. I do not think > this is true, other parts (e.g. north bridge) could report their > temperature through PECI as well. > > And if it is the CPU temperature, we already have the coretemp driver > providing the same information, so there's little point in implementing > the same in it87. The only benefit of handling PECI sensors in it87 and > the like would be so that they can be used as sources for automatic fan > speed control, but if the chip itself has no idea about the absolute > value of the temperature then I doubt it can use it for automatic fan > speed control. > Yes, with the coretemp driver even both core temperatures are displayed correctly. So I agree, it's nonsense to implement our special design into the generic driver ;-) Björn _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
