Re: sensors

[lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 08:06:40AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> Oh darn, I better go tell the hardware guys here that the chip we are
> using in our product isn't working. :)  We use the W83627HF-AW on
> purpose because it works and is supported.
> 
> The chip is supported perfectly, as long as you get the resistor values
> used on each voltage input and which voltage each input is supposed to
> have.
> 
> lm-sensors is irrelevant since the driver is actually part of the 2.6
> kernel.  lm-sensors just provides the user space tools to easily access
> the data from the driver (although you can get it all through /sys as
> well if you fell like it).

It might be possible if you have a magnifying glass to find the values
of the resistors close to the 83627, in which case it might be possible
to guess what the values should be in sensors.conf.

-- 
Len Sorensen