linux-kernel - Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (coretemp) Detect the thermal sensors by CPUID

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Date:	Fri, 07 May 2010 15:21:21 +0200
From:	Carsten Emde <Carsten.Emde@...dl.org>
To:	Huaxu Wan <huaxu.wan@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, lm-sensors@...sensors.org,
	Huaxu Wan <huaxu.wan@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (coretemp) Detect the thermal
 sensors by CPUID

Hi Huaxu,

> The thermal sensors of Intel(R) CPUs can be detected by CPUID instruction,
> indicated by CPUID.06H.EAX[0].
Thanks, works great, successfully tested it on an i7 machine.

I would propose to use dev_warn() instead of printk_once(), since all
other per-cpu info is also logged this way.

Signed-off-by: Carsten Emde <C.Emde@...dl.org>


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