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

[Simone Piunno <pioppo@ferrara.linux.it>]

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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