Re: Nuvoton NCT6681D/NCT7802 Support?

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On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 07:21:08PM +0200, Pedro wrote:
> Le 19/08/2013 15:40, Guenter Roeck a écrit :
> >On 08/18/2013 01:12 PM, Pedro wrote:
> >>>On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 09:10:11PM -0400, Jeffrey Chenkus wrote:
> >>>> Is there any plan to add support for the Nuvoton NCT6681D
> >>>and NCT7802 chips?
> >>
> >I added the chip and your request to the lm-sensors page. As this
> >is a new chip,
> >we will have to find someone to write a new driver for it.
> >
> >Guenter
> >
> 
> Actually i'm quite confused because i ve found that this board
> (Gryphon Z87) also uses a NCT6791D. So i compiled your driver
> (nct6775) and it just works as a charm. I can control fan behaviour.
> 
> [    1.261491] nct6775: Enabling hardware monitor logical device mappings.
> [    1.261502] nct6775: Found NCT6791D or compatible chip at 0x2e:0x290
> 
Great - thanks for testing and the feedback!

> But i don't understand why there is also the NCT7802 chip. I don't
> need it but if i can test some code for you, just ask.
> 
The board supports up to seven fans, so they need more than one chip
to monitor and control all those fans. Good news is that it suggests that 
ASUS may move away from the idea of using multiplexers to switch between
fans.

Guenter

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