============================================================================= FOR QUICK INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SEE THE 'QUICKSTART' FILE. FOR FULL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SEE THE 'INSTALL' FILE. FOR THE FAQ SEE THE 'doc/FAQ' FILE. ============================================================================= OVERVIEW OF THE LM_SENSORS PACKAGE AND SUMMARY OF SUPPORTED DEVICES REQUIRES kernel 2.4.13 or later, or i2c-2.6.1 or later!!! ============================================================================= This is the completely rewritten version 2 of lm_sensors, a collection of modules for general SMBus access and hardware monitoring. Version 1 is now officially unsupported. WARNING! Starting with lm_sensors version 2.5.0, only kernels 2.2.0 and later are supported. Use lm_sensors version 2.4.5 if you use an older kernel. WARNING! If you downloaded this package through our CVS archive, you walk the cutting edge. Things may not even compile! On the other hand, you will be the first to profit from new drivers and other changes. Have fun! WARNING! You may also need the latest i2c package, EVEN IF your kernel does contain i2c support!!!!!!!!!, unless i2c came bundled with lm_sensors. Kernels 2.3.34 and later, and all 2.4.x kernels, contain the I2C package. Kernel 2.4.13 contains i2c-2.6.1, which is sufficient for most users. However, if you have problems compiling, you may still need to download and install the latest I2C version. See the lm_sensors download page for guidance: http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/download.html At least the following I2C/SMBus adapters are supported: Acer Labs M1533, M1535, and M1543C AMD 756, 766, and 768 Apple Hydra (used on some PPC machines) DEC 21272/21274 (Tsunami/Typhoon - on Alpha boards) Intel I801 ICH/ICH0/ICH2/ICH3 (used in Intel 810, 810E, 815E, 820, 840 chipsets) Intel PIIX4 (used in many Intel chipsets) Intel I810/I815 GMCH Intel 82443MX (440MX) ServerWorks OSB4, CSB5 SiS 5595 SMSC Victory66 3Dfx Voodoo 3 and Banshee VIA Technologies VT82C586B, VT82C596A/B, VT82C686A/B, and VT8233 At least the following hardware sensor chips are supported: Analog Devices ADM1021, ADM1021A, ADM1022, ADM1023, ADM1024, ADM1025, and ADM9240 Asus AS99127F Dallas Semiconductor DS75, DS1621, DS1625, DS1775, and DS1780 Hewlett Packard Maxilife (several revisions including '99 NBA) Fujitsu Siemens Poseidon, Scylla Genesys Logic GL518SM (rev 00, 80), GL520SM, GL523SM Intel Xeon processor embedded sensors ITE IT8705F, IT8712F embedded sensors Maxim MAX1617 and MAX1617A Myson MTP008 National Semiconductor LM75, LM77, LM78, LM78-J, LM79, LM80, LM81, LM84, and LM87 Philips NE1617, NE1617A SiS 5595, 950 embedded sensors TelCom TCN75 TI THMC10 and THMC50 VIA Technologies VT82C686A/B embedded sensors Winbond W83781D, W83782D, W83783S, W83627HF, and W83697HF We also support some miscellaneous chips: Linear Technologies LTC1710 SDRAM Dimms with Serial Presence Detect EEPROMs Intel Xeon processor embedded EEPROMs DDC Monitor embedded EEPROMs Philips Semiconductors PCF8574, PCF8591 See our New Drivers page http://www.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/newdrivers.html for the latest information on supported devices. We always appreciate testers. If you own a specific monitoring chip listed on our 'new drivers' page, and are willing to help us out, please contact us. Even if you have no programming knowledge, you could help us by running new modules and reporting on the results and output. If you want to offer more substantial help, this is very welcome too, of course. Don't ask us whether we support a particular mainboard; we do not know. We *do* know what hardware we support, but usually, it is easier to install everything and run sensors-detect. It will tell you what hardware you have (and incidentally, what corresponding drivers are needed). You could also take a look at http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ (this lists chips found on many mainboard, but regrettable, not the adapters on them) or http://web01.fureai.or.jp/~hirobo/project/reserch_project.html (yes, it is japanese; you want the ninth column, and it again lists only chips, not adapters). SMBus, also known as System Management Bus, is a protocol for communicating through a I2C ('I squared C') bus. Many modern mainboards have a System Management Bus. There are a lot of devices which can be connected to a SMBus; the most notable are modern memory chips with EEPROM memories and chips for hardware monitoring. Most modern mainboards incorporate some form of hardware monitoring chips. These chips read things like chip temperatures, fan rotation speeds and voltage levels. There are quite a few different chips which can be used by mainboard builders for approximately the same results. Hardware monitoring chips are often connected to the SMBus, but often they can also be connected to the ISA bus. The modules in this package usually support both ways of accessing them. Because the SMBus is just a special case of the generalized I2C bus, we can simulate the SMBus protocol on plain I2C busses. These busses are sometimes used in other parts of your computer. If a supported chip is attached to one of these additional busses, they can be used too. Please read INSTALL before trying to compile and install these modules. There is a lot of additional documentation in the doc/ subdirectory. Amnong these is a list of supported busses and chips. Regrettably, there are too many mainboards to keep a list of busses and chips used on them. On the other hand, we provide a program called 'sensors-detect' which tries to figure out what hardware is available on your system. The developers of this package can be reached through the email address . Do not hesitate to mail us if you have questions, suggestions, problems, want to contribute, or just want to report it works for you. But please try to read the documentation and FAQ before you ask any questions! The latest version of this package can always be found on our homepage: http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78. Pre-release versions can be retrieved through anonymous CVS; see doc/cvs for more information. This whole package is copyright (c) 1998 - 2002 by Frodo Looijaard and Philip Edelbrock, except for a few drivers written by other people. See the individual files for more exact copyright information. This package may be distributed according to the GNU General Public License (GPL), as included in the file COPYING. Note that at this moment, libsensors falls under the GPL, not the LGPL. In more human language, that means it is FORBIDDEN to link any application to the library, even to the shared version, if the application itself does not fall under the GPL. This will probably be changed in the future. In the meantime, you will have to contact us first if you want to do this.