Re: lm-sensors and ITE IT8512

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On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:48:54PM +0400, Антон Кочков wrote:
> ITE IT8512 very similar to IT8502 one. Btw, you can see sources of
> superiotool (http://coreboot.org/Superiotool ) to figure its registers.
> Main issue with these chips that they are embedded controllers, and have
> their own firmware, which can differ from one OEM/ODM to another. I have no
> luck with interfacing to them yet :(
> 
... and IT8510E. Data sheets are actually on the web - search for "IT8512E
preliminary specification". But even with that all we know is that we would need
a new driver.

Thanks,
Guenter

> Best regards,
> Anton Kochkov.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 07:43:22PM +0200, Gianluigi Papia wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > First of all, sorry for my English but I'm french speaking.
> > > I would like to control the speed of the CPU fan of my Dell Studio
> > > 1555, but it seems that lm-sensors doesn't support my fan.
> > > When I do sensors-detect, I have this:
> > > Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'...               Yes
> > > Found `ITE IT8512E/F/G Super IO'
> > >     (no support yet)
> > >
> > > Driver `coretemp':
> > >   * Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9)
> > >
> > > To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules:
> > > #----cut here----
> > > # Chip drivers
> > > coretemp
> > > #----cut here----
> > >
> > > Of course, when I do pwmconfig, it doesn't work:
> > > /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed
> > >
> > > I've tried to force the loading of it87 module, but I've this error:
> > > modprobe -v it87 force_id=0x8512
> > > insmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-3-amd64/kernel/drivers/hwmon/it87.ko
> > force_id=0x8512
> > > ERROR: could not insert 'it87': No such device
> > >
> > You can not force the ID to the "real" id ... or at least it won't help.
> >
> > > I've also read that there are several issues because of acpi, so I've
> > > added in /etc/default/grub:
> > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet acpi_enforce_resources=lax"
> > >
> > > But, it still doesn't work. Is it dead for good because of ITE IT8512
> > > which has no support, or is there another solution?
> > >
> > It is not supported. I looked into the data sheet; the chip is not related
> > to
> > the IT87 series, and would require a completely new driver.
> >
> > Guenter
> >
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> > http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
> >

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