On Fri, 24 May 2013 08:59:27 +0200 Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > On Fri, 24 May 2013 03:21:29 -0700, rh wrote: > > On the MB there is a winbond W83L786G but it is not detected > > by sensors-detect. The kernel is monolithic (i.e. no modules) > > and it is linux3.9.2. > > Running sensors-detect on a monolithic kernel is rather pointless. The > whole purpose of sensors-detect is to tell you which kernel modules > should be loaded. If you built a monolithic kernel you must already > know that. I only know that my fans are running all the time and lmsensors was mentioned everywhere I looked. > > > It seems that lmsensors is unable to see this device but it is > > there. > > "lmsensors" is a set of tools. Which tool(s) are you claiming can't > see the device? sensors-detect? sensors? Both? Something else? sensors-detect > > What does "sensors" return? That returns cpu temp and data from the w83l786! (don't have it to cut-n-paste) > > > cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/device/name > > w83l786ng > > It is there indeed. > > > As I said the actual device is a w83l786g > > Should't matter, while the chips aren't 100% compatible they have the > same chip ID so the same driver supports both. They do look close enough after reading the datasheet for each. > > > # sensors-detect revision 6085 (2012-10-30 18:18:45 +0100) > > # System: VIA Technologies Ltd. VX800 [1.0] > > (...) > > Next adapter: SMBus Via Pro adapter at 0500 (i2c-3) > > Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): > > Client at address 0x2f can not be probed - unload all client > > drivers first! > > This is your W83L786G chip. sensors-detect would tell you if the > driver was built as a module rather than embedded in the kernel. > > I have improved sensors-detect so that it can handle monolithic > kernels better. Please give it a try and report the output: > http://khali.linux-fr.org/devel/lm-sensors/sensors-detect I tried this and sensors-detect produces the same output. It seems I don't need to rely on sensors-detect though and need to find out why pwmconfig cannot control the fans. But it's another guess. I did see that in the 3.9.2 kernel there's a separate flag for PWM that I had never noticed before. I think it's new. I checked the box for that. I just want to have fan control and it seems all the pieces are there but something's missing. It could be PEBKAC but I've looked at a lot of stuff....the vx800 spec, the W83l786NG,NR,G,R datasheets, linux/Documentation/hwmon, thermal, etc., etc. Thanks for lm-sensors! And thanks for taking the time to reply. _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
