> -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Delvare [mailto:khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 11:58 PM > To: Jia Hongtao-B38951 > Cc: lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Supporting ADT7481 temperature sensor > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:30:32 +0000, Jia Hongtao-B38951 wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > I'm looking for ADT7481 support in kernel. > > > > I got some messages here: > > > > http://www.spinics.net/lists/lm-sensors/msg25066.html > > > > > > > > It seems this patch has not been upstreamed yet. > > > > > > > > Does anyone know where to find the patch? > > There was a discussion but no code was ever submitted. You should try > contacting Malcolm, but it was long ago, he may have changed jobs or lost > interest meanwhile. > > > If not could anyone know a quick way to support ADT7481 in kernel? > > You can try forcing ADT7461 support on your chip as apparently the > ADT7481 implements a superset of the ADT7461 features. Find which i2c bus > your chip is on, then from user space, do: > > # echo adt7461 $ADDR > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-$BUSNR/new_device > > where $ADDR is the hexadecimal 7-bit address address of your ADT7461 > device, and $BUSNR the i2c bus number. > > Obviously you won't have support for the 2nd external sensor that way, > but that's a start. > Got it. Thanks for your suggestions. - Hongtao. _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
