[Bug 204807] Hardware monitoring sensor nct6798d doesn't work unless acpi_enforce_resources=lax is enabled

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2021-09-08T20:03:44Z

--- Comment #98 from Artem S. Tashkinov (aros@gmx.com) ---
(In reply to Tom Lloyd from comment #96)
>
> I hope that's of some use. The differing dmesg output suggests that the
> patch is helping, but shouldn't there be a change (improvement) to the
> sensors output?

The patch which is being worked on here is simply changing the method of
accessing hardware, it does _not_ change the underlying driver which deciphers
the sensor inputs.

To improve the output you've got to create e.g. /etc/sensors.d/nct6798.conf and
describe your desired configuration there but that's outside the scope of this
bugzilla. Please read lm-sensors documentations for that.

I've already done that for the ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) motherboard:
https://github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors/pull/216 but my configuration is very
incomplete since the documentation for this chip is likely proprietary and not
available publicly. Even HWiNFO64 fails to decipher multiple inputs and shows
them as is and that's the best application for that under Windows. Then certain
inputs may simply not be connected to anything and basically report white
noise.

If you have close contacts at ASUS they may give you the data but that's far
from certain. For some reasons hardware monitoring for motherboards, GPUs and
CPUs is veiled in secrecy and protected by patents and NDA.