From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757854AbZBLBm1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:42:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754719AbZBLBmS (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:42:18 -0500 Received: from mailhost13.gawab.com ([66.220.20.13]:38551 "HELO info15.gawab.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1756205AbZBLBmS (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:42:18 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 400 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:42:17 EST X-Trusted: Whitelisted Message-ID: <49937CDF.10307@frugalware.org> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:35:27 +0100 From: Gabriel C User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090128) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maxim Levitsky CC: Justin Piszcz , Dan Williams , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org" Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Status/support for Linux HECI from Intel? (for temp/voltage monitoring) References: <4964DB3E.6080908@intel.com> <1231356111.6648.2.camel@maxim-laptop> In-Reply-To: <1231356111.6648.2.camel@maxim-laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Maxim Levitsky wrote: > On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 11:42 -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote: >> On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Dan Williams wrote: >> >>> Justin Piszcz wrote: >>>> The HECI interface would allow lm_sensors developers to grab the >>>> temperatures off the chips on the board. >>>> >>>> From 2005(?)-2008 there was some chatter about supporting it but it never >>>> seemed to happen, is there any eventual planned support for supporting >>>> Intel's HECI interface or if the user wants to see the >>>> temperatures/voltages just buy a different motherboard with an ITE I/O >>>> controller? >>>> >>>> I have a couple DG965WH boards and it would be nice to see the >>>> temperature of the chipset etc without having to reboot into the BIOS. >>>> >>> Hi Justin, >>> >>> I am not up to date on the progress in this area, but perhaps this site >>> (http://www.openamt.org/) has what you are looking for? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Dan >>> >> Yeah that is the site-- however, will it ever get merged? I have not >> heard anything about it for a year or so. > > Nope, the heci is just a controller, but we need a way to tell that > controller to show us the temperature data. > But intel hasn't released the QST sdk, and probably never will. > > Sad, Well I found this interesting thread about : http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/manageability-software-development/topic/54851/ It looks like the QST SDK already exists and is planned to be released.. ( http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/manageability-software-development/topic/54851/reply/74068/ ) > > Best regards, > Maxim Levitsky > Gabriel