Mention all supported temperature hysteresis attributes. Recommend setting each limit before its hysteresis. --- etc/sensors.conf.eg | 22 +++++++++++----------- lib/sensors.conf.5 | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- lm-sensors.orig/lib/sensors.conf.5 2014-03-20 11:07:28.528881046 +0100 +++ lm-sensors/lib/sensors.conf.5 2014-04-22 20:50:06.896996307 +0200 @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ statements are needed. On top of the usual features, temperatures can have two specific sub\-features: temperature sensor type (tempX_type) and hysteresis -values (tempX_max_hyst and tempX_crit_hyst). +values (tempX_max_hyst, tempX_crit_hyst etc.). .SS THERMAL SENSOR TYPES @@ -407,6 +407,8 @@ again immediately. So, in addition to tempX_max, many chips have a tempX_max_hyst sub-feature. Likewise, tempX_crit often comes with tempX_crit_hyst. +tempX_emerg_hyst, tempX_min_hyst and tempX_lcrit_hyst exist too but +aren't as common. Example: .RS @@ -419,6 +421,11 @@ set temp1_max_hyst 56 The hysteresis mechanism can be disabled by giving both limits the same value. +Note that it is strongly recommended to set the hysteresis value after +the limit value it relates to in the configuration file. Implementation +details on the hardware or driver side may cause unexpected results if +the hysteresis value is set first. + .SH BEEPS Some chips support alarms with beep warnings. When an alarm is triggered --- lm-sensors.orig/etc/sensors.conf.eg 2014-01-19 16:58:09.571352160 +0100 +++ lm-sensors/etc/sensors.conf.eg 2014-04-22 20:46:10.780694002 +0200 @@ -745,10 +745,10 @@ chip "lm80-*" # All 4 of these limits apply to the single temperature sensor. # "crit" may or may not do anything on your motherboard but it should # be set higher than the "max" thresholds. -# set temp1_max_hyst 45 # set temp1_max 52 -# set temp1_crit_hyst 57 +# set temp1_max_hyst 45 # set temp1_crit 62 +# set temp1_crit_hyst 57 chip "via686a-*" @@ -822,12 +822,12 @@ chip "via686a-*" # we would still get some oscillation when the temp hovers around the limit # due to noise.) -# set temp1_max_hyst 40 # set temp1_max 45 -# set temp2_max_hyst 55 +# set temp1_max_hyst 40 # set temp2_max 60 -# set temp3_max_hyst 60 +# set temp2_max_hyst 55 # set temp3_max 65 +# set temp3_max_hyst 60 # You could set your fan limits too, but the defaults should be fine. @@ -1452,14 +1452,14 @@ chip "vt1211-*" compute temp7 1 / (1 / 298.15 - (` (2.2 / @ - 1)) / 3435) - 273.15, \ 2.2 / (1 + (^ (3435 / 298.15 - 3435 / (273.15 + @)))) -# set temp1_max_hyst 80 # set temp1_max 85 -# set temp2_max_hyst 60 +# set temp1_max_hyst 80 # set temp2_max 65 -# set temp3_max_hyst 60 +# set temp2_max_hyst 60 # set temp3_max 65 -# set temp4_max_hyst 40 +# set temp3_max_hyst 60 # set temp4_max 45 +# set temp4_max_hyst 40 # set fan1_min 3000 # set fan2_min 3000 @@ -1520,10 +1520,10 @@ chip "vt8231-*" compute temp3 1 / (1 / 298.15 - (` (2.2 / @ - 1)) / 3435) - 273.15, \ 2.2 / (1 + (^ (3435 / 298.15 - 3435 / (273.15 + @)))) -# set temp1_max_hyst 60 # set temp1_max 65 -# set temp2_max_hyst 40 +# set temp1_max_hyst 60 # set temp2_max 45 +# set temp2_max_hyst 40 # set fan1_min 3000 # set fan2_min 3000 -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors