From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262810AbVFVGSx (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:18:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262763AbVFVGSH (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:18:07 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:42140 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262810AbVFVFWK convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:22:10 -0400 Cc: R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz Subject: [PATCH] I2C: documentation update 3/3 In-Reply-To: <1119417466661@kroah.com> X-Mailer: gregkh_patchbomb Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:17:47 -0700 Message-Id: <11194174672285@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: Greg K-H To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sensors@Stimpy.netroedge.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT From: Greg KH Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org [PATCH] I2C: documentation update 3/3 This patch adds information about available userspace utillities for system health monitoring drivers. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- commit 828621dda6381093ceafbe9381b6118cae3f9b13 tree 60fae466a2a5af340d156da1532c3ceb9c6bab5b parent 7f15b66468b7003d5241e352a007e73be5519b20 author R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz Thu, 26 May 2005 12:42:29 +0000 committer Greg Kroah-Hartman Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:52:02 -0700 Documentation/i2c/userspace-tools | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/userspace-tools b/Documentation/i2c/userspace-tools new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/userspace-tools @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Introduction +------------ + +Most mainboards have sensor chips to monitor system health (like temperatures, +voltages, fans speed). They are often connected through an I2C bus, but some +are also connected directly through the ISA bus. + +The kernel drivers make the data from the sensor chips available in the /sys +virtual filesystem. Userspace tools are then used to display or set or the +data in a more friendly manner. + +Lm-sensors +---------- + +Core set of utilites that will allow you to obtain health information, +setup monitoring limits etc. You can get them on their homepage +http://www.lm-sensors.nu/ or as a package from your Linux distribution. + +If from website: +Get lmsensors from project web site. Please note, you need only userspace +part, so compile with "make user_install" target. + +General hints to get things working: + +0) get lm-sensors userspace utils +1) compile all drivers in I2C section as modules in your kernel +2) run sensors-detect script, it will tell you what modules you need to load. +3) load them and run "sensors" command, you should see some results. +4) fix sensors.conf, labels, limits, fan divisors +5) if any more problems consult FAQ, or documentation + +Other utilites +-------------- + +If you want some graphical indicators of system health look for applications +like: gkrellm, ksensors, xsensors, wmtemp, wmsensors, wmgtemp, ksysguardd, +hardware-monitor + +If you are server administrator you can try snmpd or mrtgutils.