From ef2e3e0b1d4648953d668ab0d8f38c238b14d2d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Mark D. Studebaker" Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:36:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update eeprom shadow info git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@2447 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0 --- doc/FAQ | 9 +- doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html | 1634 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------- doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.texi | 11 +- 3 files changed, 751 insertions(+), 903 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ index 0d1b36b5..dff22a67 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ +++ b/doc/FAQ @@ -1044,10 +1044,11 @@ wanted. -------------------------------------------- These are often 'shadows' of your EEPROMs on your SDRAM DIMMs at -addresses 0x50 - 0x57. They aren't really there. If you try and do a -`i2cdump' on them you won't get anything. This is probably caused by -some timing problem on your motherboard or on the DIMMs. We don't know -the exact cause. +addresses 0x50 - 0x57. They are the 'software write-protect' registers +of the SDRAM Serial Presence Detect EEPROMs. If you try and do a +`i2cdump' on them to read the location, you won't get anything, because +they contain a single write-only register. This register can be used +to permanently write-protect the contents of the eeprom. 4.24 Sensors-detect doesn't work at all ======================================= diff --git a/doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html b/doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html index 1f69b4c3..9cc99fe6 100644 --- a/doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html +++ b/doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ Sensors FAQ for lm_sensors version 2.12 - - - + + + -

Sensors FAQ for lm_sensors version 2.12

+

Sensors FAQ for lm_sensors version 2.12

Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004
Frodo Looijaard,
Philip Edelbrock,
@@ -15,33 +15,33 @@ and
Mark Studebaker
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Short Contents

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-

Table of Contents

+
  • + 2 Sensor and Bus Basics -
  • 3 Installation and Management + +
  • + 3 Installation and Management +
  • 3.3 Which modules should I insert?
  • 3.4 Do I need the configuration file /etc/sensors.conf? +
  • 3.5 What about the No such file or directory warnings when I compile?
  • 3.6 I get all kinds of weird compilation errors? +
  • 3.7 It still does not compile or patch!
  • 3.8 make install fails on Mandrake kernels
  • 3.9 I get unresolved symbols when I modprobe modules (Red Hat especially)
  • 3.10 I2C_DRIVERID_ADM1024 undefined (Red Hat especially) -
    • -
  • 4 Problems + +
  • + 4 Problems
  • 4.2 Why do my two LM75's report "-48 degrees"?
  • 4.3 Why do I have two Vcore readings, I have only one processor!
  • 4.4 How do those ALARMS work? The current value is within range but there is still an ALARM warning! @@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ and
  • 4.14 How do I set new limits? +
  • 4.15 Some sensors are doubly detected?
  • 4.16 I ran sensors-detect, but now I get very strange readings?!?
  • 4.17 Bad readings from particular chips @@ -117,12 +119,12 @@ and
  • 4.17.8 Bad readings from LM78!
  • 4.17.9 Bad readings from LM80!
  • 4.17.10 Bad readings from it87! -
    • +
  • 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 procfs/sysfs file
  • 4.21 Sensors says No sensors found!
  • 4.22 Sensors output is not correct! @@ -131,13 +133,13 @@ and
  • 4.23.1 What is at I2C address 0x69?
  • 4.23.2 What is at I2C addresses 0x50 - 0x57?
  • 4.23.3 What is at I2C addresses 0x30 - 0x37? -
    • +
  • 4.24 Sensors-detect doesn't work at all +
  • 4.25 Sensors says Error: Line xxx: zzzzzzz
  • 4.26 Sensors only gives the name, adapter, and algorithm for my chip
  • 4.27 Sensors says ERROR: Can't get xxxxx data! @@ -150,11 +152,12 @@ and
  • 4.31.2 Tyan 2460, 2462
  • 4.31.3 Tyan 2466
  • 4.31.4 Tyan 2688 -
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  • 4.32 Problems on particular systems
  • 4.33 Problems on 2.6 kernels -
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  • 5 How to Ask for Help + +
  • + 5 How to Ask for Help -
  • 6 How to Contribute + +
  • + 6 How to Contribute -
  • 7 Version 1 Specific Questions + +
  • + 7 Version 1 Specific Questions -
  • Appendix A Revision History of This Document -
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  • + Appendix A Revision History of This Document + -

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    lm_sensors

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    lm_sensors

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    The lm_sensors package includes a collection of modules for general SMBus +

    The lm_sensors package includes a collection of modules for general SMBus access and hardware monitoring. NOTE: this requires special support which is not in standard 2.2-vintage kernels. -