Re: Whats wrong with LM-Sensors

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guenter Roeck [mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 7:47 PM
> To: Tomas Larsson
> Cc: lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Whats wrong with LM-Sensors
> 
> On 09/08/2013 10:15 AM, Tomas Larsson wrote:
> > Ok, that explains things, so how to get it working, are there any
> > aspi-drivers available?
> >
> 
> Please don't top-post.
> 
> I don't think there is an acpi driver available; most of the time there
isn't.
> Also, looks like the acpi thermal module isn't loaded, meaning acpi may
not
> export the necessary thermal information at all.
> 
> acpi drivers are highly board and vendor specific, which means that
typically
> no one really bothers to write a driver for it, including board vendors.
> Besides, most of the time much of the available information from the chips
is
> not exported to the user through acpi, so even if you had an acpi driver
you
> would likely end up with limited or even no information.
> 
> Only option I could see (besides enabling the relax option) would be to
> disassemble the DSDT, check what is available, and if there is anything
write a
> driver yourself to access it.
> By disassembling the DSDT you would also see what kind of risk you could
run
> into by disabling the region conflict checks.
> 
> Guenter

Ok, sorry about the posting style.

Now which version should I trust, regarding temperatures.
I don't think the 3.1.1 version is showing correct values, guessing some 20
degrees to low or so.

The 2.10.7 version is only showing "CPU-Temperature" not for the cores them
selves.

Tomas






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