[lm-sensors] [PATCH 1/3] hwmon: (it87) Create voltage attributes only if voltage is enabled

[Guenter Roeck]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 05:23:52AM -0400, Jean Delvare wrote:
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> 
> > > So my personal guess is that this bit switches VIN7 to the internal
> > > source just as with the other chips.
> > > 
> > Hmmm ... no idea what I should do. Play it safe or assume this is an error
> > in the data sheet ? I tend towards playing safe, but not too much.
> > Guess I am waiting for someone to convince me otherwise...
> 
> I would not skip VIN7 until we know more. People will never report
> about missing 5VSB monitoring, but they will report if 5VSB looks wrong.
> 
> Do we have any tester for the IT8783F yet? What you could do for now is

Bjoern Gerhart has been testing it quite extensively. I don't recall
what they do with VIN7, though.

> emit a warning / call for report when the case happens. When someone
> reports, we have our tester and we'll know what should be done.
> 
That makes sense. I'll do that.

Thanks,
Guenter