[lm-sensors] ICH8 HECI temperature sensors

[Hans de Goede]

Dmitry Bely wrote:
> Sorry, just found Rudolf's message in openamt-devel archive -he's
> surely aware of openamt.org HECI driver. So docs are the question... I
> think one should sign NDA to get them from Intel:
> 
> http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/articles/eng/1154.htm
> 
> Intel(r) Active Management Technology Software Development Kit (SDK) User Guide
> 
> The Intel(r) Active Management Technology (Intel(r) AMT) Software
> Development Kit (SDK) provides the necessary documentation; APIs and
> libraries to utilize Intel AMT features; and an emulator that
> simulates Intel AMT enabled hardware (Refer to the Intel AMT Emulator
> Guide for additional information). This SDK is distributed as a part
> of the Intel(r) Early Access Program (Intel(r) EAP) and is not
> publicly available. The Intel AMT SDK is part of a targeted
> manageability program from Intel and is provided for use only under a
> Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with Intel Corporation.
> [...]
> 
> Alas, the docs don't seem to be publicly available...
> 

Still this might be interesting, someone should contact intel (maybe through 
Keith Packard) and ask if a GPL driver may be written with these docs. The doc 
not being public is not a (big) problem as long as one may release source based 
on the docs as GPL.

Shall I give this a try?

Regards,

Hans