linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1

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Date:	Mon, 14 May 2007 20:25:40 +0200
From:	"Antonino Ingargiola" <tritemio@...il.com>
To:	"Jean Delvare" <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1

Hi Jean,

2007/5/14, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>:
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> > I've not found an obvious way to set it in sensors.conf. Could you
> > point me to some doumentation, thanks.
>
> sensors.conf supposedly _is_ the the documentation ;)
>
> Search for the following line in /etc/sensors.conf:
>
> chip "via686a-*"
>
> After this line, add:
>
> set fan1_div 4
> set fan2_div 4
>
> Save, quit, run "sensors -s" (as root), that should do it.

Thanks for the explanation (it's not too evident form sensors.conf ;)).

> > Is this new version required only for the via686 chip or should be a
> > general advise for Debian Etch users to upgrade to lm-sensors >=
> > 2.10.3 for kernels >= 2.6.22?
>
> The problem affects almost all hardware monitoring chips, so this is a
> general advice. I've added a note about it on the lm-sensors website.
>
> Alternatively though, you could have recompiled your kernel with
> CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y, then lm_sensors 2.10.1 would have worked
> fine again. Sorry for not mentioning this before, this might have been
> easier than upgrading lm_sensors.

No problem. I took no more than 5 min to do the backport instead of
~25 min of a full kernel built ;-). BTW it's always good to know the
various solutions.

Thanks,

    ~  Antonio
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