Problem with i2c-amd756

[Daniel Sobe]

Generally spoken, the lm_sensors package works very good for me. But one
day it happened that after high load the application (wmlm) didn't show
any correct numbers or voltages and the computer refused to reboot until
power was switched off and on again. Later when grepping through the
syslog I found following message where I'm not sure it relates to it but
it might be:

 Jan 24 14:13:43 localhost kernel: i2c-amd756.o: SMBus collision!

In the sourcecode I found following:

		printk("i2c-amd756.o: SMBus collision!\n");
		/* TODO: Clear Collision Status with a 1 */

and

/*
   Supports AMD756 and AMD766.
   Note: we assume there can only be one device, with one SMBus
interface.
*/

Now my question: Can this collision really happen or was it just bad
luck? Is there any way to improve the i2c-amd756 driver since AMD
doesn't offer datasheet anymore?

Any help would be appreciated.

Daniel

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output of dmesg:

i2c-core.o: i2c core module
i2c-amd756.o version 2.6.2 (20011118)
i2c-core.o: adapter SMBus AMD7X6 adapter at 50e0 registered as adapter
0.
i2c-amd756.o: AMD756/766 bus detected and initialized
i2c-proc.o version 2.6.1 (20010825)
w83781d.o version 2.6.2 (20011118)
i2c-core.o: driver W83781D sensor driver registered.
i2c-core.o: client [W83782D chip] registered to adapter [SMBus AMD7X6
adapter at 50e0](pos. 0).
i2c-core.o: client [W83782D subclient] registered to adapter [SMBus
AMD7X6 adapter at 50e0](pos. 1).
i2c-core.o: client [W83782D subclient] registered to adapter [SMBus
AMD7X6 adapter at 50e0](pos. 2).

output from lsmod:

i2c-dev                 3744   0 
ppp_deflate            39968   0  (autoclean)
bsd_comp                4016   0  (autoclean)
ppp_async               6256   0  (autoclean)
ppp_generic            14704   0  (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp
ppp_async]
slhc                    4608   0  (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
NVdriver              820128  14  (autoclean)
parport_pc             25504   1  (autoclean)
lp                      6176   0  (autoclean)
parport                24928   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
rtc                     5536   0  (autoclean)
8139too                12864   1  (autoclean)
serial                 44048   0  (autoclean)
analog                  7520   0  (unused)
joydev                  6816   0  (unused)
input                   3392   0  [analog joydev]
es1371                 27120   1 
soundcore               3568   4  [es1371]
ac97_codec              9680   0  [es1371]
gameport                1552   0  [analog es1371]
ide-scsi                7568   0 
ncr53c8xx              51648   0  (unused)
scsi_mod               80480   2  [ide-scsi ncr53c8xx]
ide-cd                 26608   0 
cdrom                  28896   0  [ide-cd]
ide-floppy             11360   0 
w83781d                17104   0  (autoclean) (unused)
i2c-proc                6176   0  (autoclean) [w83781d]
i2c-amd756              3200   0  (autoclean)
i2c-core               12944   0  [i2c-dev w83781d i2c-proc i2c-amd756]

output from i2cdetect:

     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
00: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 08 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 
10: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 
20: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX UU XX XX 
30: 30 31 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 
40: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX UU UU XX XX XX XX XX XX 
50: 50 51 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 
60: 60 61 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 69 XX XX XX XX XX XX 
70: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 



kernel: 2.4.17
board: Shuttle AI61
sensors: 2.6.2
IC on Board: W83782D