[lm-sensors] does lm-sensors pick up sensors that don't exist?

Jean Delvare khali at linux-fr.org
Tue Feb 19 11:07:09 CET 2008


Hi Mark,

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:21:07 -0500, Mark M. Hoffman wrote:
> * Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> [2008-02-18 16:38:58 +0100]:
> > Well, if it seems to make some sense, it might as well be wired.
> > However, 80°C is rather high, and I would hope that no chip on my
> > motherboard gets this hot. But depending on the hardware, it might
> > actually happen.
> 
> Note: "floating" doesn't necessarily imply "random".  A floating input
> could still show some small correlation with other circuits in close
> physical proximity.

I suspected this but didn't know for sure - thanks for the confirmation!

-- 
Jean Delvare



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