On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 09:23:26AM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Guenter, Michael, > > On Thu, 5 Jun 2014 19:18:43 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 02:17:43PM -0600, Michael P Dixon wrote: > > > I am interested in obtaining a driver for the PC87372 chip. sensors-detect > > > lists it as 'to be written'. I understand that since it is such an old chip > > > that it could be very low priority, if it has a priority at all. What kind > > > of an effort would it take to produce this driver? The devices page says: *A > > > driver has been requested, will be developed upon donation of a board. *What > > > are the specifics of this? What kind of board? Any feedback is appreciated. > > > > presumably that was supposed to mean a board with the chip on it. > > Correct. Any donation is welcome, but giving a board with the right > chip additionally allows for driver testing. > > > Even with a board, I for my part would not have time for writing a driver. > > Given the age of the chip, my expectations for finding someone to write > > a driver would be quite low. Any chance doing it yourself ? > > Well, before anyone spends time writing a driver, Michael should ensure > that such a driver is really needed. All previous investigations of > PC87372 user cases came to the conclusion that this chip was not used > for monitoring, and instead a dedicated monitoring chip was connected > to the SMBus. > If I remember correctly, the chip only supports fan control, not any voltage or temperature monitoring, so that separate chip would be needed anyway. Guenter _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors
