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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: lm_sensors and w83627hf not loadable
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:01:13
Message-Id: tkrat.3b78d98068336c38@igpm.rwth-aachen.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: lm_sensors and w83627hf not loadable by Harry Putnam
1 On 21 Mar, Harry Putnam wrote:
2 > Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> writes:
3 >
4 > Forgot to give kernel version:
5 > uname -r
6 > 2.6.33-gentoo
7 >
8 >> I see lots of bug reports about this in several linux OSs but not able
9 >> to see a solution.
10 >>
11 >> I've make the propers kernel settings and the w83627hf modules is
12 >> built and available in /lib/modules/*
13 >> I tried rebuilding the kernel with that stuff built-in. but then
14 >> lm_sensors couldn't even find tools to work with when running
15 >> sensors-detect
16 >>
17 >> So calling `sensors' just in case it would work:
18 >> # sensors
19 >> No sensors found!
20 >> Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
21 >> Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.
22 >>
23 >> Back to a modular kernel:
24 >> lm_sensors tells me that w83627hf is the one to load in
25 >> /etc/conf.d/lm_sensors.
26 >>
27 >> But any attempt to load it meets with this result (wrapped for mail):
28 >> modprobe w83627hf
29 >> FATAL: Error inserting w83627hf
30 >> (/lib/modules/2.6.33-gentoo/kernel/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.ko):
31 >> Device or resource busy
32 >>
33 >> Looking at dmesg after running the above command, I find lines like
34 >> these (repeated several times):
35 >> [ 1321.715673] w83627hf: Found W83627THF chip at 0x290
36 >>
37 >> [ 1321.715712] ACPI: I/O resource w83627hf [0x295-0x296] conflicts
38 >> with ACPI region HWMT [0x295-0x296]
39 >>
40 >> [ 1321.715716] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device,
41 >> you should use it instead of the native driver
42 >>
43 >> ------- --------- ---=--- --------- --------
44 >>
45 >> So anyone know what is wrong here?
46
47 I can only report that I've built a 2.6.33-gentoo kernel with
48 the device (sensors) Winbond W83627EHF/EF/EHG/EG
49 built in (not just a module), then ran sensors-detect
50 and now, xsensor works just fine (on a Phenom-II)
51
52 Helmut.
53
54 --
55 Helmut Jarausch
56
57 Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
58 RWTH - Aachen University
59 D 52056 Aachen, Germany

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[gentoo-user] Re: lm_sensors and w83627hf not loadable Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>