On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 08:21:26PM -0500, Patrick Zaloum wrote: > 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. sort of an orthagonal response, but why not install a more recent kernel from backports? A
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