Per, On Tuesday 22 February 2005 10:07, Per Jessen wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
I've grown weary waiting for my mainboard's sensor chip to get support in lm_sensors (from <http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/newdrivers.html>: "A driver has been requested, will be developped [sic] upon donation of a board.")
Is there any alternative to lm_sensors that does not leave us at the whims of board donors and / or the proclivities of the lm_sensor developer(s)?
I don't know of anyone else doing this work, so the obvious option is - and you probably won't be particularly thrilled - write it yourself.
Yes, I'm aware of that option. It would be my first Linux kernel programming, though once upon a time I did a good deal of Unix kernel programming. Unfortunately, I have only one Linux system, and besides its being a production system for a small business (very small), single-computer development of kernel software is a very tedious process...
Alternatively, you start pestering Intel to make them provide a board for the lm_sensors people.
That hadn't occurred to me. Perhaps I'll give it a try. I wonder where to start?
The board I have is an Intel D865PERL and the sensor chip is a National PC87372 or PC87373 (I no longer recall which, but they're apparently similar chips and are grouped together in the requested sensor chip driver status table).
If the datasheets for those chips are available, that's all the info you need. Which it seems to be: http://www.national.com/pf/PC/PC87372.html
Yes. I retrieved them several months ago when I first installed the board and tried to get lm_sensors to work.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
Maybe I should just contribute the board... Randall Schulz