Re: [lm-sensors] Sandy Bridge support?

From: DarkNovaNick@gmail.com
To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Sandy Bridge support?
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:47:44 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <00221532c430e339f1049a21a826@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0022152d6d71d9f528049a109a02@google.com>

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On Jan 18, 2011 10:32am, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> Hi Nick,

> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:03:23 -0600, Nick Hall wrote:

> > Thanks, I checked and my motherboard did indeed have that chip. The only

> > difference, if it matters, is that under the "IT8728F" mine  
> had "1039-CXS"

> > and "ZC46FBGB".

> OK, thanks. If you feel lucky, you may try to load the it87 driver with

> parameter force_id, to force the driver to consider your chip as one it

> supports. Given the name of your device, the first values to try would

> be 0x8721 and 0x8720 (the two most recent chips) or 0x8718 (in case the

> IT8728F is an evolution of the IT8718F - I remember the IT8716F and

> IT8726F were compatible.) If you give this a try, please let us know

> the results.

> Or you can wait for us to get a datasheet for the IT8728F. We currently

> don't have it. The device isnt' even listed on ITE's website.

> > And regarding the sensors-detect script, I understand now. If anyone is

> > interested, my Sandy Bridge processor would be model "0x2A" according  
> to how

> > that script does things.

> This is an option, yes, but it would be better if we could implement

> the same detection logic as the coretemp driver has. For one thing, this

> would guarantee that the two are always in sync. For another, it would

> lower the maintenance effort from our side, as the new detection logic

> is universal and doesn't need to be updated with every new CPU model.

> I'm looking into it but this is non-trivial.

> --

> Jean Delvare

> http://khali.linux-fr.org/wishlist.html

Thanks very much for your help, I was able to load the it87 driver with  
0x8720 and now running "sensors" gives data that at first glance makes  
sense.

Nick

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