Anders, On Saturday 07 August 2004 07:57, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Friday 06 August 2004 21:17, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to use lm_sensors on my system, and after running sensors-detect, I've run into a couple of problems:
1) The kernel module "smbus-arp" is needed but not available.
needed by what? Did you read /usr/share/doc/packages/sensors/chips/smbus-arp ?
By the user-level lm_sensors code, I presume. It's included in the list of four modules configured in /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors by "sensors-detect." The ".../doc/..." file you mention doesn't tell me how to make this module available so it can be accessed when mentioned in the "modprobe" command produced by the presence of "MODULE_4=smbus-arp" in the lm_sensors configuration file. It also states "This is a demonstration driver...", which made me think it might not be fully functional. "Locate smbus-arp" lists only that documentation file. "Locate smbus", however, discloses a directory ("/sys/bus/pci/drivers/i801 smbus/") and two files within that directory ("0000:00:1f." and "new_id"). On the other hand, "locate" finds module object files ("*.ko") in the kernel director for all the other four modules mentioned in the lm_sensors configuration file ("i2c-i801", "i2c-isa", "lm85" and "eeprom"). The documentation file does say that "smbus-arp" should be loaded before any chip modules "so that it has an opportunity to assign addresses." Perhaps making the smbus-arp entry MODULE_1 instead of MODULE_4? Do I gather correctly that the name "smbus-arp" is chosen because this module's function is somewhat akin to ARP, the Address Resolution Protocol, which is used to find MAC addresses that correspond to particular IP addresses?
Likewise, exactly whom should I "ask" for the PC87372 Fan Sensor driver?
The lmsensors project? http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/
Yes, I finally tracked that down. It's mentioned on their "New Drivers" (http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/newdrivers.html) page along with a rather noncommittal statement that someone may be writing one soon. Randall Schulz