[PATCH] hwmon: Do not forcibly enable via686a by default
Do not enable the VIA VT82C686A/B integrated sensors by default, as
disabled sensors usually means that this feature is not used so the
values won't make any sense. This has been confusing many users in the
past:
http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/readticket.cgi?ticket=1786
http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/readticket.cgi?ticket=1811
http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/readticket.cgi?ticket=2052
It is still possible to forcibly enable the sensors by using the
force_addr module parameter.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Documentation/hwmon/via686a | 17 +++++++++++++++--
drivers/hwmon/via686a.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/via686a b/Documentation/hwmon/via686a
index b82014c..a936fb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/via686a
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/via686a
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
Module Parameters
-----------------
-force_addr=0xaddr Set the I/O base address. Useful for Asus A7V boards
- that don't set the address in the BIOS. Does not do a
+force_addr=0xaddr Set the I/O base address. Useful for boards that
+ don't set the address in the BIOS. Look for a BIOS
+ upgrade before resorting to this. Does not do a
PCI force; the via686a must still be present in lspci.
Don't use this unless the driver complains that the
base address is not set.
@@ -63,3 +64,15 @@
The driver only updates its values each 1.5 seconds; reading it more often
will do no harm, but will return 'old' values.
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+This driver handles sensors integrated in some VIA south bridges. It is
+possible that a motherboard maker used a VT82C686A/B chip as part of a
+product design but was not interested in its hardware monitoring features,
+in which case the sensor inputs will not be wired. This is the case of
+the Asus K7V, A7V and A7V133 motherboards, to name only a few of them.
+So, if you need the force_addr parameter, and end up with values which
+don't seem to make any sense, don't look any further: your chip is simply
+not wired for hardware monitoring.