diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ index 3cddc94b..8fe096c5 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ +++ b/doc/FAQ @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ sensor reading results. Why? 4.17B Bad readings from the VIA 686A! 4.17C Bad readings from the MTP008! 4.17D Bad temperature readings from the SIS5595! + 4.17E Bad readings from a w8378[12]d! 4.18 How do I configure two chips (LM87) differently? 4.19 Dmesg says Upgrade BIOS! I don't want to! 4.20 Sensors says 'Can't access /proc file' @@ -645,6 +646,21 @@ See doc/chips/mtp008 for details. two different versions of the chip. We are trying to get the driver working better and develop formulas for different thermistors but we aren't there yet. Sorry. +Also, many times the chip isn't really a sis5595 but it was +misidentified. We are working on improving that too. + + +4.17E Bad readings from a w8378[12]d! + + Do you own an ASUS motherboard? Perhaps your chip is being +misidentified. Look on the motherboard (or at +http://mbm.livewiredev.com) for a 'Winbond' or Asus chip. +Often the real device is an Asus as99127f. If so, the driver can be +forced to recognize the as99127f with +'force_as99127f=BUS,0x2d' where BUS is your i2c bus number. +Cat /proc/bus/i2c to see a list of bus numbers. +Read the w83781d module documentation (doc/chips/w83781d) +for more details. 4.18 How do I configure two chips (LM87) differently? diff --git a/doc/chips/w83781d b/doc/chips/w83781d index 5cb2fed8..81848625 100644 --- a/doc/chips/w83781d +++ b/doc/chips/w83781d @@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ Known problems: value, so there is no fix. The workaround is to use the force_CHIP parameter. (modprobe w83781d force_CHIP=BUS,0x2d where CHIP is the chip name - and BUS is your i2c bus number) + and BUS is your i2c bus number - + cat /proc/bus/i2c to see a list of bus numbers) AS99127F PROBLEMS