From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Acer Aspire 8930G laptop and general approach for reverse engineering sensors
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:05:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131201190509.GA19549@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20131118T042931-981@post.gmane.org>
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 06:29:27PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote:
> Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > Tom Metro wrote:
> >> I did see in the FAQ that there is no database of configurations per
> >> motherboard/laptop, but I would expect that with all the temperature
> >> monitoring utilities for Windows, one or more of them likely has bundled
> >> configuration files that can be used as a reference.
> >
> > Would be great. Unfortunately, it appears that the creators of the
> > various Windows utilities are not very enthusiastic about sharing...
>
> While voluntary sharing would be preferable, I was thinking more along
> the lines of reverse engineering their configuration files. Then
> creating a script to translate them into a collection of sensors.conf
> files. (You can't copyright a compilation of factual data, like a phone
> book, so there's isn't a legal problem with doing this. Though it might
> inspire them to start encrypting the data. Or downloading settings
> on-demand from an online service.)
>
> Is anyone aware of a Windows utility that comes with accessible
> configuration files covering a wide range of hardware?
>
I am not aware of any such packages which would let you do that.
Either configuration files don't exist and everything is hard-coded,
or the configuration is embedded in the code.
One exception is Open Hardware Monitor, for which source is available.
This package is already used for input whereever possible, though.
Guenter
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-18 3:41 [lm-sensors] Acer Aspire 8930G laptop and general approach for reverse engineering sensors Tom Metro
2013-11-18 4:18 ` Guenter Roeck
2013-11-29 23:29 ` Tom Metro
2013-12-01 19:05 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
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