[lm-sensors] "modprobe coretemp" fails in Fedora Core 12

[Jean Delvare]

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:58:36 -0600 (CST), jrickman at myamigos.us wrote:
> When running "modprobe coretemp" in Fedora Core 12, the module fails to load.
> 
> Output from /var/log/messages:
> Nov 22 00:30:15 acer-nas-01 kernel: i2c /dev entries driver
> Nov 22 00:30:20 acer-nas-01 kernel: coretemp: Unknown CPU model 1c
> Nov 22 00:30:20 acer-nas-01 kernel: coretemp: Unknown CPU model 1c
> Nov 22 00:33:15 acer-nas-01 kernel: coretemp: Unknown CPU model 1c
> Nov 22 00:33:15 acer-nas-01 kernel: coretemp: Unknown CPU model 1c
> 
> Server is Acer H340 NAS with Intel Atom 230 CPU. Also tested on SuperMicro
> MBD-X7SLA-H-O motherboard with Atom 330 CPU.
> 
> Both systems have the following files loaded:
> lm_sensors.x86_64              3.1.1-4.fc12
> lm_sensors-libs.x86_64         3.1.1-4.fc12
> 
> Is there a solution to this problem?

Support for the Intel Atom was only added to the coretemp driver in
kernel 2.6.32, which should be released within a week or two now.

When kernel 2.6.32 is released, you will have to upgrade to this
kernel, or backport the coretemp driver from that kernel to the one
you're running.

-- 
Jean Delvare
http://khali.linux-fr.org/wishlist.html