[lm-sensors] F8000 support added to f71882fg driver, test please.

[Ludovic Lebègue]

Hi Hans,

I compiled and tested the driver.

Here is the kernel log at startup :

Dec 15 23:07:46 xxxx kernel: [82199.773523] f71882fg: Found f8000 chip
at 0xa00, revision 41
Dec 15 23:07:46 xxxx kernel: [82199.773742] f71882fg f71882fg.2560:
Fan: 1 is in duty-cycle mode
Dec 15 23:07:46 xxxx kernel: [82199.773745] f71882fg f71882fg.2560:
Fan: 2 is in duty-cycle mode
Dec 15 23:07:46 xxxx kernel: [82199.773748] f71882fg f71882fg.2560:
Fan: 3 is in duty-cycle mode

Here is the "sensors"  (sensors version 3.0.2 with libsensors version
3.0.2) output :

f8000-isa-0a00
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0:         +1.68 V
in1:         +1.67 V
in2:         +1.64 V
fan1:       1486 RPM
fan2:        894 RPM
fan3:          0 RPM  ALARM
fan4:       34464 RPM
temp1:       +46.0°C  (high = +70.0°C, hyst = +60.0°C)
temp2:       +41.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, hyst = +85.0°C)  sensor = Intel PECI
temp3:       +40.0°C  (high = +100.0°C, hyst = +85.0°C)

There are only two fans on my computer.
"fan3:          0 RPM  ALARM " seems alright as there is no fan.
"fan4:       34464 RPM" is a bit strange

Voltage indication seems to be divided by two. I guess sensors3.conf
should be modified for f8000 chip.

Regards
Ludovic Lebègue


On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Chuan-kai Lin <cklin at cs.pdx.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 04:32:09PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> I got your email address from Jean Delvare. I'm the f71882fg maintainer
>> and I've been working on adding f8000 support to the f71882fg driver.
>> That work is now finished.
>
> Hi Hans,
>
> Thank you for your great work!  The module builds and loads fine in
> 2.6.27.8 on my Dell Studio Slim 540s desktop computer, and sensors shows
> fan speed, voltage, and temperature measurements.  Very cool!!  I have
> attached two files showing the driver in action:
>
> idle.txt - sysfs contents on an idle system right after bootup
> loaded.txt - sysfs contents + sensors output on a loaded system
>
> Here are some issues I found:
>
>  1. There are only two fans in my system.  The driver reports 0 RPM for
>    the third fan (which sounds right), and some absurdly high RPM for
>    the fourth fan (which sounds wrong).
>
>  2. When the driver loads into the kernel, it reports that there are
>    three fans, and they are all in duty-cycle mode.  However, only the
>    CPU fan (fan2) uses a 4-pin connector; the case fan (fan1) uses a
>    3-pin connector.  I seem to recall that a fan on a 3-pin connector
>    can be controlled through only DC voltage?
>
>  3. The full-speed number seems to record the maximum measured fan speed
>    instead of the maximum possible fan speed.
>
>  4. I cannot change fan speed by altering tempX_auto_pointY_pwm values.
>    However, both the CPU fan and the case fan do speed up when the
>    system gets warm.
>
> I am happy to provide more information to help you diagnose the
> problems.
>
> --
> Chuan-kai Lin
> http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~cklin/
>