From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: DarkNovaNick@gmail.com Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:47:44 +0000 Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Sandy Bridge support? Message-Id: <00221532c430e339f1049a21a826@google.com> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4562419221378931659==" List-Id: References: <0022152d6d71d9f528049a109a02@google.com> In-Reply-To: <0022152d6d71d9f528049a109a02@google.com> To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org --===============4562419221378931659== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00221532c430e339bd049a21a823 --00221532c430e339bd049a21a823 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes On Jan 18, 2011 10:32am, Jean Delvare 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 --00221532c430e339bd049a21a823 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Jan 18, 2011 10:32am, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> Hi Nick,
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> On Tue, 18 Jan 2= 011 10:03:23 -0600, Nick Hall wrote:
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> > Thanks, I ch= ecked and my motherboard did indeed have that chip. The only
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> > difference, if it matters, is that under the "IT8728F"= ; mine had "1039-CXS"
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> > and "ZC46FBG= B".
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> OK, thanks. If you feel= lucky, you may try to load the it87 driver with
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> param= eter force_id, to force the driver to consider your chip as one it
>= ;
> supports. Given the name of your device, the first values to t= ry would
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> be 0x8721 and 0x8720 (the two most recent chi= ps) or 0x8718 (in case the
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> IT8728F is an evolution of = the IT8718F - I remember the IT8716F and
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> IT8726F were = compatible.) If you give this a try, please let us know
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>= ; the results.
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> Or you can wait f= or us to get a datasheet for the IT8728F. We currently
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>= don't have it. The device isnt' even listed on ITE's website.<= br />>
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> > And regarding the sensors-d= etect script, I understand now. If anyone is
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> > inte= rested, my Sandy Bridge processor would be model "0x2A" according= to how
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> > that script does things.
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= >
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> This is an option, yes, but it would be better i= f we could implement
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> the same detection logic as the c= oretemp driver has. For one thing, this
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> would guarante= e that the two are always in sync. For another, it would
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&g= t; lower the maintenance effort from our side, as the new detection logic>
> is universal and doesn't need to be updated with ev= ery new CPU model.
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> I'm looking into it but this is= non-trivial.
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>
>
> --
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> Jean Delvare
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> http://khali.linux-fr.org/wishlist.= html
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>

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

Nick --00221532c430e339bd049a21a823-- --===============4562419221378931659== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors --===============4562419221378931659==--