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Old 05-14-2005, 07:13 PM   #1
qwijibow
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lm_sensors it87 doesnt work now isa support was removed from kernel 2.6.10


in kernel 2.6.10 the ISA support option was removed from the BUS section of the kernel menuconfig.

since this kernel release lm_sensors with my it87 chip stopped woking.

sensort_detect said somthing about the it87 chip being accessably via the ISA bus, or the SMBUS..

i selected SMBUS in the sensors-detect porgram, but this didnt help.

any ideas how i can get this working again ? thanks.

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Old 05-14-2005, 07:23 PM   #2
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Have you read this?
http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/kernel26.html

Hope that helps if you haven't...I'm working through it myself.
 
Old 05-14-2005, 07:51 PM   #3
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i hadnt read it, but i have now.

lm_sensors worked perfectly from kernel 2.6.0 to 2.6.9

but recently, in 2.6.10 the kernel config option
Code:
#[*] ISA support
had disapeard.

the page sayus that singce kernel 2.6, lm_sensors doesnt need this kernel option, but dissableing it stops lm_sensors from reporting anything other than the it86 chip name.
 
Old 05-14-2005, 08:09 PM   #4
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aha. found my porblem on the FAQ.

Quote:
4.26 Sensors only gives the name, adapter, and algorithm for my chip

If sensors only says this, for example, and doesn't provide any actual data at all:

it87-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
Algorithm: ISA algorithm

Your chip is not currently supported by sensors and so all it does is print out that information. Get the latest release and be sure you are running the sensors program it installed and not some older sensors.
but this cant be right !
the chip was supported a few weeks ago when i was using kernel 2.6.9.
and the driver worked perfectly.
 
Old 05-15-2005, 04:11 PM   #5
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i added

=i2c-2.9.0 ~amd63
=lm_sensors-2.9.0 ~amd64

to /etc/portage/package.keywords
and re-emerged lm-sensors, all started workign again.

maybe a bug in 2.8 ?
 
  


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