On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> well... it kinda helps to identify it. i did a search "H77N" - i did >> *not* do a search by "SuperIO" or even "it87" - it was only after >> spotting that text "unrecognised SuperIO chip" did i begin to track >> things down. >> > Maybe, but H77 vs. it87 is really completely unrelated. ok i get it now. H77N is not the designation of the motherboard, but an intel chipset. in which case i absolutely agree with you. > The information should really be in the Gigabyte manual. Now, turns out that > a Google search for "gigabyte h77n superio" returns the SuperIO chip as first > response. Not really sure how we could do better than that. also based on this being only related to linux kernel 3.2.... wait.... http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Debian-7-0-will-use-3-2-kernel-1425560.html yep, linux 3.2 is definitely going to be around for a looong time [it was only released in january!!] something to think about... > What may make sense is a note telling people to look for the SuperIO > chip on their board, not for any of the Intel chips. A database with > motherboards and matching SuperIO chips might make sense too, though > I am relatively sure that something like this already exists. If not, > you are of course welcome to create such a database and maintain it. loovely :) if i had a dozen boards i was investigating, i definitely would :) > Thanks, > Guenter _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
