[i2c] problems with Dell Inspiron 8000

[Matthias Weiss]

On Thursday 15 February 2007 17:38, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Matthias,

> >   EEPROMs are *NOT* sensors! They are data storage chips commonly
> >   found on memory modules (SPD), in monitors (EDID), or in some
> >   laptops, for example.
>
> Looks like you didn't pay attention to this warning...

I did, but I know ( from the i8kutils Page ) that

    * BIOS version

    * serial number

    * CPU temperature

    * fan status

    * fan rotation speed

    * ac power status

are available for my laptop.

> > I know, that my Dell Inspiron 8000 has this information, there is a
> > Software
>
> What "information" are you talking about?

see above.

> > Package named "i8kutils" by Massimo Dal Zotto to be found here :
> > http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/ .
> >
> > As suggested in the README I can do a
> >
> > cat /proc/i8k
> >
> > and get
> >
> > 1.0 A22 CSW840J 57 0 0 0 0 -1 0
>
> What do these values mean?

From the i8kutils README:

    1.0 A17 2J59L02 52 2 1 8040 6420 1 2
    |   |   |       |  | | |    |    | |
    |   |   |       |  | | |    |    | +------- 10. buttons status
    |   |   |       |  | | |    |    +--------- 9.  ac status
    |   |   |       |  | | |    +-------------- 8.  right fan rpm
    |   |   |       |  | | +------------------- 7.  left fan rpm
    |   |   |       |  | +--------------------- 6.  right fan status
    |   |   |       |  +----------------------- 5.  left fan status
    |   |   |       +-------------------------- 4.  CPU temperature (Celsius)
    |   |   +---------------------------------- 3.  serial number
    |   +-------------------------------------- 2.  BIOS version
    +------------------------------------------ 1.  /proc/i8k format version

> > So it seems that there are sensor information available. The question is:
> > How can I make it accessable to lm-sensors? Any ideas?
>
> To make *what* accessible?

I want the lm-sensors software to access this data ( CPU temperature, fan 
status, fan rpm, ... )

regards
matthias