Re: [lm-sensors] Updated emc6w201 driver

[Harry G McGavran Jr <w5pny@w5pny.com>]

On Sun, 22 May 2011 10:26:25 +0200 Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Harry, hi Jeff,
> 
> I just updated the driver at:
>   http://khali.linux-fr.org/devel/misc/emc6w201/
> 
> Changes in this version:
> * All limits can be changed.

I tried this latest and the "set" statements seem to
work fine!  Thanks very very much!  I really appreciate
this!

	Harry McGavran


> 
> Basically this means you can now add "set" statements to your
> configuration file to adjust the limits as needed. If I remember
> correctly, voltage as well as high temperature limits were already good
> from the BIOS so you shouldn't have to change them. Fan limits were
> pretty low so you may want to adjust them, same for low temperature
> limits.
> 
> Beware though: the monitoring chip may be configured and wired to take
> action on out-of-limits events. The low temperature limits may have
> been disabled by Dell on purpose, so that temperature alarms can only
> reflect over-temperature conditions and appropriate action can be
> taken (e.g. speeding up all fans, beeping or shutting the system down.)
> So you should be prudent when changing the limits.
> 
> Feedback welcome. I intend to prepare a patch based on this version of
> the driver and submit it for inclusion in the upstream kernel.

This will be great!

> 
> -- 
> Jean Delvare

-- 

Harry G. McGavran, Jr.

E-mail: w5pny@w5pny.com




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