From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@gmail.com>
Cc: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:50:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091211165004.GA2156@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68676e00912110847o3594931etf6e045340043e2c6@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 05:47:29PM +0100, Luca Tettamanti wrote:
> Sorry, I think we're not understanding each other :)
> Does the PCH samples the values directly from the probes? Or is it an
> interface for the real monitoring chip (most likely the superio chip)?
> In the latter case it might be possible to access directly the
> monitoring hardware using another driver (e.g. w83627ehf, lm80, etc.),
> thus racing against the PCI driver.
> Did I make myself clear?
I don't think there's any other chip. On systems using external chips,
this PCI device will simply be disabled by the BIOS before the OS boots.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@gmail.com>
Cc: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:50:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091211165004.GA2156@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68676e00912110847o3594931etf6e045340043e2c6@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 05:47:29PM +0100, Luca Tettamanti wrote:
> Sorry, I think we're not understanding each other :)
> Does the PCH samples the values directly from the probes? Or is it an
> interface for the real monitoring chip (most likely the superio chip)?
> In the latter case it might be possible to access directly the
> monitoring hardware using another driver (e.g. w83627ehf, lm80, etc.),
> thus racing against the PCI driver.
> Did I make myself clear?
I don't think there's any other chip. On systems using external chips,
this PCI device will simply be disabled by the BIOS before the OS boots.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-11 16:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-11 15:52 [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Matthew Garrett
2009-12-11 15:52 ` [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Matthew Garrett
2009-12-11 16:28 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Luca Tettamanti
2009-12-11 16:28 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Luca Tettamanti
2009-12-11 16:33 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI Matthew Garrett
2009-12-11 16:33 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Matthew Garrett
2009-12-11 16:36 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Luca Tettamanti
2009-12-11 16:36 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Luca Tettamanti
2009-12-11 16:38 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI Matthew Garrett
2009-12-11 16:38 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Matthew Garrett
2009-12-11 16:47 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Luca Tettamanti
2009-12-11 16:47 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Luca Tettamanti
2009-12-11 16:50 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2009-12-11 16:50 ` Matthew Garrett
2009-12-11 16:58 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Luca Tettamanti
2009-12-11 16:58 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Luca Tettamanti
2009-12-11 23:58 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Robert Hancock
2009-12-11 23:58 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Robert Hancock
2010-04-03 17:09 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Matthew Garrett
2010-04-03 17:09 ` [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Matthew Garrett
2010-04-11 8:24 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Jean Delvare
2010-04-11 8:24 ` [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Jean Delvare
2010-04-15 1:27 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Andrew Morton
2010-04-15 1:27 ` [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Andrew Morton
2010-04-15 6:44 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Jean Delvare
2010-04-15 6:44 ` [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Jean Delvare
2010-04-11 11:24 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Jean Delvare
2010-04-11 11:24 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Jean Delvare
2010-05-18 9:06 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal Jean Delvare
2010-05-18 9:06 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: Add driver for intel PCI thermal subsystem Jean Delvare
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