[lm-sensors] Strange problem with lm-sensors and module eeprom

[Matthias Dettling]

Jean Delvare schrieb:
> Hi Matthias,
> 
> 
>>i have a strange problem with lm-sensors and the eeprom module.
>>On my Tyan Mainboard (S5350) I get all values of the temperature and fan 
>>sensors, but the memory modules are not listed on the output of sensors.
>>
>>The problem is that in /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/eeprom for every memory 
>>module an entry exists and therefore the output of decode-dimms.pl 
>>delivers the correct informations about the memory.
>>
>>Thus I think there should be a problem with the sensors program or maybe 
>>with the config file.
> 
> 
> No, this is a change we made on purpose. There is a note about that in
> the CHANGES document for release 2.10.0:
> 
> Library: NOTE: libsensors(3) will no longer see eeprom (SPD) chips
>          This is intentional.  Use decode-dimms.pl if you still
>          need your memory SPD data.
> 
> The rationale is that EEPROMs are not sensors, so they didn't belong to
> libsensors in the first place.
> 

Hi Jean,

thank you, very much!

I only found old documentation on the net and was wondering, why I get 
no values about the memory. But I think it is a good idea to move the 
memory information out of the sensors output.

Best Regards
Matthias Dettling