[lm-sensors] adt7473 for NVIDIA

[Phillip Pi]

> > Interesting. I exited my X and back to bash/console, and GeForce 8800
> > GT's sensors results are different now.
> > 
> > $ sensors
> > acpitz-virtual-0
> > Adapter: Virtual device
> > temp1:       +21.8°C  (crit = +96.8°C)
> > 
> > k8temp-pci-00c3
> > Adapter: PCI adapter
> > Core0 Temp:  +34.0°C
> > Core1 Temp:  +21.0°C
> > 
> > adt7473-i2c-4-2e
> > Adapter: NVIDIA i2c adapter
> > in1:         +2.94 V  (min =  +2.94 V, max =  +2.94 V)   ALARM
> > +3.3V:       +4.31 V  (min =  +4.31 V, max =  +4.31 V)
> > fan1:         82 RPM  (min =   82 RPM)  ALARM
> > fan2:         82 RPM  (min =   82 RPM)  ALARM
> > fan3:         82 RPM  (min =   82 RPM)  ALARM
> > fan4:         82 RPM  (min =   82 RPM)  ALARM
> > temp1:        -5.0°C  (low  =  -5.0°C, high =  -5.0°C)  ALARM
> > Board Temp:   -5.0°C  (low  =  -5.0°C, high =  -5.0°C)  ALARM
> > temp3:        -5.0°C  (low  =  -5.0°C, high =  -5.0°C)  ALARM
> > 
> > Is that normal especially for the temperature readings?
> 
> This is not "normal", but still expected: the I2C adapters are driven by
> your X nvidia driver, which gets inactive when you get to the console.
> This is a design flaw, the I2C buses should be working all the time,
> blame nvidia for it.

Thjanks again. I assume this problem has been like this for years. :(
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