> -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Delvare [mailto:khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 9:10 PM > To: Guenter Roeck > Cc: Tomas Larsson; lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Whats wrong with LM-Sensors > > On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 11:58:39 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > Different driver. Centos 6.4 uses the coretemp driver which gets the > > temperature from the CPU directly. Unfortunately, Centos 6.4 is quite > > old when it comes to kernel version, and so is its coretemp driver. > > The displayed temperatures in your version are all wrong; the maximum > temperature for Atom 330 is 125 degrees C, not 90 degrees C. > > You'll have to add 35 degrees C to the displayed temperature. > > > > You could either update the coretemp driver to a later version to fix > > this, or add the offset to /etc/sensors3.conf. > > > > Note that CPU temperatures are notoriously unreliable. > > "Inaccurate in the low temperature range" is a better way to describe the > situation IMHO. The coretemp values are reliably telling the user when the > temperature gets too close to the high limit. > > -- > Jean Delvare Well, I'm aware of that, what I want to know is when the fan fails, these 40mm fans are not that reliable, unfortunately. However, regarding adding 35 degC offset, I can't find any entries in the /etc/sensors3.conf. file, that is uilized by the coretemp driver. Obviously using CENTOS I am stuck with the drivers in hand, doubt that they will make updates available, unfortunately. Tomas Larsson _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
