[lm-sensors] ASUS P5WD2 Premium - Winbond 83627EHG-A

[tfindlay@internode.on.net (Timothy Findlay)]

Hi Rudolf,

I've followed your instructions (thankyou!) and it's come up with a 
"Success!" line! Hooray!
Following the instructions, I didnt have a module.conf, so I added it to 
my modprobe.conf instead. There was nothing specific about the second 
bit, so I put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local

When I rebooted I got the following:
FATAL: Module w83627ehf not found.

I'm running 2.6.12-1_1390_FC4smp kernel, so I ran a "make menuconfig" 
and it was chosen as a module, but I got all sorts of errors when I 
tried a "make modules" and doing a "find ..." under the kernel source I 
couldnt find anything containing 83267 in the filename, so I might be 
missing some pieces. I really didnt want to start customising my kernel 
though! Someone on fedoraforum.org suggested I try the w83627hf driver 
which I did as follows:

[root@localhost rc.d]# modprobe w83627hf
FATAL: Error inserting w83627hf 
(/lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1390_FC4smp/kernel/drivers/i2c/chips/w83627hf.ko): 
No such device

Anyway, here's the long-winded output from sensors-detect:
[root@localhost ~]# ./sensors-detect

This program will help you determine which I2C/SMBus modules you need to
load to use lm_sensors most effectively. You need to have i2c and
lm_sensors installed before running this program.
Also, you need to be `root', or at least have access to the /dev/i2c-*
files, for most things.
If you have patched your kernel and have some drivers built in, you can
safely answer NO if asked to load some modules. In this case, things may
seem a bit confusing, but they will still work.

It is generally safe and recommended to accept the default answers to all
questions, unless you know what you're doing.

 We can start with probing for (PCI) I2C or SMBus adapters.
 You do not need any special privileges for this.
 Do you want to probe now? (YES/no): YES
Probing for PCI bus adapters...
Use driver `i2c-i801' for device 00:1f.3: Intel ICH7
Probe succesfully concluded.

We will now try to load each adapter module in turn.
Module `i2c-i801' already loaded.
If you have undetectable or unsupported adapters, you can have them
scanned by manually loading the modules before running this script.

 To continue, we need module `i2c-dev' to be loaded.
 If it is built-in into your kernel, you can safely skip this.
i2c-dev is already loaded.

 We are now going to do the adapter probings. Some adapters may hang halfway
 through; we can't really help that. Also, some chips will be double 
detected;
 we choose the one with the highest confidence value in that case.
 If you found that the adapter hung after probing a certain address, you can
 specify that address to remain unprobed. That often
 includes address 0x69 (clock chip).

Next adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at 0400
Do you want to scan it? (YES/no/selectively): YES
Client found at address 0x08
Client found at address 0x30
Client found at address 0x32
Client found at address 0x44
Probing for `Maxim MAX6633/MAX6634/MAX6635'... Failed!
Client at address 0x50 can not be probed - unload all client drivers first!
Client at address 0x52 can not be probed - unload all client drivers first!
Client found at address 0x69

Some chips are also accessible through the ISA bus. ISA probes are
typically a bit more dangerous, as we have to write to I/O ports to do
this. This is usually safe though.

Do you want to scan the ISA bus? (YES/no): YES
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78'
  Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78-J'
  Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79'
  Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83781D'
  Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83782D'
  Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF'
  Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF'
  Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Winbond W83697HF'
  Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595'
  Trying general detect... Failed!
Probing for `VIA Technologies VT82C686 Integrated Sensors'
  Trying general detect... Failed!
Probing for `VIA Technologies VT8231 Integrated Sensors'
  Trying general detect... Failed!
Probing for `ITE IT8712F'
  Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `ITE IT8705F / SiS 950'
  Trying address 0x0290... Failed!
Probing for `IPMI BMC KCS'
  Trying address 0x0ca0... Failed!
Probing for `IPMI BMC SMIC'
  Trying address 0x0ca8... Failed!

Some Super I/O chips may also contain sensors. Super I/O probes are
typically a bit more dangerous, as we have to write to I/O ports to do
this. This is usually safe though.

Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): YES
Probing for `ITE 8702F Super IO Sensors'
  Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `Nat. Semi. PC87351 Super IO Fan Sensors'
  Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `SMSC 47B27x Super IO Fan Sensors'
  Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `VT1211 Super IO Sensors'
  Failed! (0x88)
Probing for `Winbond W83627HF Super IO Sensors'
  Failed! (0x88)
Probing for `Winbond W83627THF Super IO Sensors'
  Failed! (0x88)
Probing for `Winbond W83637HF Super IO Sensors'
  Failed! (0x88)
Probing for `Winbond W83697HF Super IO Sensors'
  Failed! (0x88)
Probing for `Winbond W83697SF/UF Super IO PWM'
  Failed! (0x88)
Probing for `Winbond W83L517D Super IO'
  Failed! (0x88)
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF Super IO Sensors'
  Success... found at address 0x0290

Do you want to scan for secondary Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): YES
Probing for `ITE 8702F Super IO Sensors'
  Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `Nat. Semi. PC87351 Super IO Fan Sensors'
  Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `SMSC 47B27x Super IO Fan Sensors'
  Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `VT1211 Super IO Sensors'
  Failed! (skipping family)
Probing for `Winbond W83627EHF Super IO Sensors'
  Failed! (skipping family)

 Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done.
 Just press ENTER to continue:

Driver `w83627ehf' (should be inserted):
  Detects correctly:
  * ISA bus address 0x0290 (Busdriver `i2c-isa')
    Chip `Winbond W83627EHF Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)


 I will now generate the commands needed to load the I2C modules.
 Sometimes, a chip is available both through the ISA bus and an I2C bus.
 ISA bus access is faster, but you need to load an additional driver module
 for it. If you have the choice, do you want to use the ISA bus or the
 I2C/SMBus (ISA/smbus)? ISA

To make the sensors modules behave correctly, add these lines to
/etc/modules.conf:

#----cut here----
# I2C module options
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
#----cut here----

To load everything that is needed, add this to some /etc/rc* file:

#----cut here----
# I2C adapter drivers
modprobe i2c-isa
# I2C chip drivers
# Warning: the required module w83627ehf is not currently installed on 
your system.
# For status of 2.6 kernel ports see 
http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/supported.html
# If driver is built-in to the kernel, or unavailable, comment out the 
following line.
modprobe w83627ehf
# sleep 2 # optional
/usr/local/bin/sensors -s # recommended
#----cut here----

WARNING! If you have some things built into your kernel, the list above
will contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! You really should
try these commands right now to make sure everything is working properly.
Monitoring programs won't work until it's done.

Do you want to generate /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors? (YES/no): YES
Copy prog/init/lm_sensors.init to /etc/rc.d/init.d/lm_sensors
for initialization at boot time.
[root@localhost ~]#



Rudolf Marek wrote:

>Hi,
>
>OOps you used quite old version of sensors-detect. Please can you retry with newer one from CVS?
>
>wget http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/lm_sensors2/prog/detect/sensors-detect
>chmod 755 sensors-detect
>./sensors-detect
>
>Thanks.
>
>We have contacts at Winbond and I will ask them about the chip.
>
>Regards
>
>Rudolf
>  
>