From adc2460453d6a06a140c9a4e289b93a224499294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Mark D. Studebaker" Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 17:09:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add comments on 'ignore' usage git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@987 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0 --- etc/sensors.conf.eg | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/sensors.conf.eg b/etc/sensors.conf.eg index 17818bcc..06d15085 100644 --- a/etc/sensors.conf.eg +++ b/etc/sensors.conf.eg @@ -1,15 +1,18 @@ -# Hardware sensors configuration file +# Sensors configuration file used by 'libsensors' +#------------------------------------------------ # ########################################################################## +# # # HELPFUL HINT: # # The 'set' lines (generally for min and max values) # # do not take effect until you run 'sensors -s' as root !!! # # We suggest you put 'sensors -s' in a /etc/rc.d/... file # # to be run at boot time after the modules are inserted !!! # +# # ########################################################################## # -# This configuration file will be used by all applications linked to -# libsensors. +# This configuration file will be used by all userspace applications +# linked to libsensors. It is NOT used by the lm_sensors drivers directly. # This config file consists of two parts: the heavily commented LM78 # example, and the real parts. Search for '####' if you want to skip @@ -112,6 +115,8 @@ # Ignore statements tell certain features are not wanted. User programs can # still read them if they really want, though; this is just an advisory # marking. 'in0' would also invalidate 'in0_max' and 'in0_min'. +# 'ignore' does not disable anything in the actual sensor chip; it +# simply advises the user program to not access that data. # #ignore in0