Changeset 3065

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09/06/05 21:07:59 (8 years ago)
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khali
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Add a FAQ entry about the eeprom entries which sensors won't

display anymore.

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lm-sensors/trunk/doc
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  • lm-sensors/trunk/doc/FAQ

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    109109  4.33 Problems on 2.6 kernels 
    110110    4.33.1 i2c-viapro and via686a 
     111    4.33.2 Where are my EEPROMs? 
    1111125 How to Ask for Help 
    112113  5.1 What to send us when asking for help 
    … …  
    12471248and via686a together unless you have a recent kernel. 
    12481249 
     12504.33.2 Where are my EEPROMs? 
     1251---------------------------- 
     1252 
     1253The 2.6.14-rc1 kernel introduced the hwmon class, which groups all 
     1254hardware monitoring drivers in a logical way. The goal was to help 
     1255libsensors grab the relevant sensors information in /sys. In particular: 
     1256   * libsensors will no more need to know about the underlying bus types 
     1257     (I2C/SMBus, ISA or other); 
     1258 
     1259   * libsensors will no more list non-hardware monitoring chips. 
     1260   This explains why EEPROMs are no more displayed by `sensors': they 
     1261are no hardware monitoring chips. The medium term plan is to drop 
     1262eeprom support for all Linux 2.6 kernels, as it didn't fit well in the 
     1263library code in the first place. 
     1264 
     1265   Note that you can still obtain information about your EEPROMs by 
     1266using the dedicated perl scripts in `prog/eeprom': `ddcmon', 
     1267`decode-dimms.pl', `decode-edid.pl' and `decode-vaio.pl'. 
     1268 
    124912695 How to Ask for Help 
    12501270********************* 
    … …  
    15211541******************************************** 
    15221542 
     1543   * Rev 2.16 (JD) Added 4.33.2, 2005-09-06 
     1544 
    15231545   * Rev 2.15 (JD) Updates, including mailing-list change, 2005-05-21 
    15241546 

  • lm-sensors/trunk/doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html

    r3023 r3065  
    11<html lang="en"> 
    22<head> 
    3 <title>Sensors FAQ for lm_sensors version 2.15</title> 
     3<title>Sensors FAQ for lm_sensors version 2.16</title> 
    44<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> 
    5 <meta name="description" content="Sensors FAQ for lm_sensors version 2.15"> 
     5<meta name="description" content="Sensors FAQ for lm_sensors version 2.16"> 
    66<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.7"> 
    77<link title="Top" rel="top" href="#Top"> 
    … …  
    2020</head> 
    2121<body> 
    22 <h1 class="settitle">Sensors FAQ for lm_sensors version 2.15</h1> 
     22<h1 class="settitle">Sensors FAQ for lm_sensors version 2.16</h1> 
    2323Copyright (C) 1998 - 2005<br> 
    2424Frodo Looijaard,<br> 
    … …  
    169169<ul> 
    170170<li><a href="#Section-4_002e33">4.33.1 i2c-viapro and via686a</a> 
     171<li><a href="#Section-4_002e33">4.33.2 Where are my EEPROMs?</a> 
    171172</li></ul> 
    172173</li></ul> 
    … …  
    17591760unless you have a recent kernel. 
    17601761 
     1762<h4 class="subsection">4.33.2 Where are my EEPROMs?</h4> 
     1763 
     1764<p>The 2.6.14-rc1 kernel introduced the hwmon class, which groups all 
     1765hardware monitoring drivers in a logical way. The goal was to help 
     1766libsensors grab the relevant sensors information in /sys. In particular: 
     1767     <ul> 
     1768<li>libsensors will no more need to know about the underlying bus types 
     1769(I2C/SMBus, ISA or other); 
     1770<li>libsensors will no more list non-hardware monitoring chips.  
     1771</ul> 
     1772   This explains why EEPROMs are no more displayed by <span class="command">sensors</span>: 
     1773they are no hardware monitoring chips. The medium term plan is to drop 
     1774eeprom support for all Linux 2.6 kernels, as it didn't fit well in 
     1775the library code in the first place. 
     1776 
     1777   <p>Note that you can still obtain information about your EEPROMs by using 
     1778the dedicated perl scripts in <span class="file">prog/eeprom</span>: <span class="command">ddcmon</span>, 
     1779<span class="command">decode-dimms.pl</span>, <span class="command">decode-edid.pl</span> and 
     1780<span class="command">decode-vaio.pl</span>. 
     1781 
    17611782<div class="node"> 
    17621783<p><hr> 
    … …  
    22232244 
    22242245     <ul> 
     2246<li>Rev 2.16 (JD) Added 4.33.2, 2005-09-06 
    22252247<li>Rev 2.15 (JD) Updates, including mailing-list change, 2005-05-21 
    22262248<li>Rev 2.14 (MDS) Updated 4.12, 2004-11-26 

  • lm-sensors/trunk/doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.texi

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    12591259 
    12601260Not all drivers have been ported to 2.6. If your favorite driver is not 
    1261 in 2.6, the reason is that nobody has ported it. 
    1262 Please don't bother asking us why it is not in 2.6. 
     1261in 2.6, the reason is that nobody has ported it, or the ported code did 
     1262not get a proper review yet. 
    12631263If you would like to port the driver, see the file 
    12641264Documentation/i2c/porting-clients in the 2.6 kernel tree for help, 
    … …  
    12711271silently fail working. So do not load both i2c-viapro and via686a together  
    12721272unless you have a recent kernel. 
     1273 
     1274@subsection Where are my EEPROMs? 
     1275The 2.6.14-rc1 kernel introduced the hwmon class, which groups all 
     1276hardware monitoring drivers in a logical way. The goal was to help 
     1277libsensors grab the relevant sensors information in /sys. In particular: 
     1278@itemize 
     1279@item libsensors will no more need to know about the underlying bus types 
     1280(I2C/SMBus, ISA or other); 
     1281@item libsensors will no more list non-hardware monitoring chips. 
     1282@end itemize 
     1283This explains why EEPROMs are no more displayed by @command{sensors}: 
     1284they are no hardware monitoring chips. The medium term plan is to drop 
     1285eeprom support for all Linux 2.6 kernels, as it didn't fit well in 
     1286the library code in the first place. 
     1287 
     1288Note that you can still obtain information about your EEPROMs by using 
     1289the dedicated perl scripts in @file{prog/eeprom}: @command{ddcmon}, 
     1290@command{decode-dimms.pl}, @command{decode-edid.pl} and 
     1291@command{decode-vaio.pl}. 
    12731292 
    12741293 
    … …  
    15921611 
    15931612@itemize 
     1613@item Rev 2.16 (JD) Added 4.33.2, 2005-09-06 
    15941614@item Rev 2.15 (JD) Updates, including mailing-list change, 2005-05-21 
    15951615@item Rev 2.14 (MDS) Updated 4.12, 2004-11-26 

  • lm-sensors/trunk/doc/version.texi

    r3004 r3065  
    1 @set UPDATED 21 May 2004 
    2 @set VERSION 2.15 
     1@set UPDATED 6 September 2004 
     2@set VERSION 2.16