Re: 2.6.10-mm2: it87 sensor driver stops CPU fan

Simone Piunno
2005-01-15T16:22:55Z

On Friday 14 January 2005 15:40, Jean Delvare wrote:

> Kernel 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 is just out, which does contain the latest updates
> to the it87 driver. I would like you to test them. What you should see:
> 1* When loading the it87 driver, the fans should not change speeds.

confirmed.

> 2* In the logs, you should see an information line with the chip type,
> address and revision.
> 3* Still in the logs, you should see a warning about your BIOS being
> broken and PWM being disabled as a consequence.

Confirmed, but it looks like there's a missing linefeed in the warning.

pioppo@roentgen ~ $ uname -a
Linux roentgen 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 #1 Sat Jan 15 16:23:34 CET 2005 x86_64 AMD
Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
pioppo@roentgen ~ $ dmesg|grep it87
it87: Found IT8705F chip at 0x290, revision 2
it87 0-0290: detected broken BIOS defaults, disabling pwm interface<6>8139too
Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27

> 4* PWM interface should NOT be available in sysfs.

confirmed.

pioppo@roentgen ~ $ ls /sys/devices/platform/i2c-0/0-0290
alarms fan3_div in2_input in5_input in8_input temp2_min
detach_state fan3_input in2_max in5_max name temp2_type
driver fan3_min in2_min in5_min power temp3_input
fan1_div in0_input in3_input in6_input temp1_input temp3_max
fan1_input in0_max in3_max in6_max temp1_max temp3_min
fan1_min in0_min in3_min in6_min temp1_min temp3_type
fan2_div in1_input in4_input in7_input temp1_type
fan2_input in1_max in4_max in7_max temp2_input
fan2_min in1_min in4_min in7_min temp2_max

/Simone

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