lm_sensors does not support my board with w83627ehf

["Patrick Zaloum" <pzaloum@gmail.com>]

I have a modern motherboard (Asus p5kc) running Etch-r2. I know it has the devices necessary to provide sensor data but the kernel version that etch is built on (2.6.18) is not recent enough for the required module (w83627ehf) to support it:

# modprobe w83627ehf

FATAL: Error inserting w83627ehf (/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/kernel/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.ko): No such device

 

Yet sensors-detect does specify that i need this module:

Driver `eeprom' (should be inserted):

  Detects correctly:

  * Bus `SMBus I801 adapter at 0400'

    Busdriver `i2c-i801', I2C address 0x50

    Chip `eeprom' (confidence: 6)

  * Bus `SMBus I801 adapter at 0400'

    Busdriver `i2c-i801', I2C address 0x52

    Chip `eeprom' (confidence: 6)

  EEPROMs are *NOT* sensors! They are data storage chips commonly

  found on memory modules (SPD), in monitors (EDID), or in some

  laptops, for example.

Driver `w83627ehf' (should be inserted):

  Detects correctly:

  * ISA bus address 0x0290 (Busdriver `i2c-isa')

    Chip `Winbond W83627DHG Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)

I know i could patch my kernel and rebuild from source, but i'd like to avoid such an invasive technique and only build the module. is this possible? Has anyone had any luck doing this? I would appreciate any suggestions.