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LM-Sensors TODO list
Contact us if you have comments or wish to help.
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I2C CODE CHANGES
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See TODO in the i2c package.
KERNEL MODULES
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* Assistance on how to fix module refcounting is welcome.
To my understanding, it does not handle client->adapter->owner
correctly now, and it is possible to rmmod adapter while one of its
clients is in use.
* mkpatch. Trace back Configure changes from 2.5 tree and
have it make clean diffs.
Applies to both i2c and sensors.
* ACPI and SMBus host
- ACPI subsystem may access SMBus host too. Locks?
- On my ancient board using i2c-via, suspend and power switch status
seems to be in the same register with SCL and SDA.
* Suspend-to-disk, losing Vcc
- Reset i2c client to avoid alarms and SCI interrupts. Currently
sensors do not create interrupt with alarms.
* Return from suspend
- Reinitialize i2c client.
* Handle -1 returns from i2c layer rather than just delivering 0xFF to
/proc and libsensors; report errors through /proc 'alarms' or
new 'fail' entry?
* Add string function in sensors.o
* ALL: cleanup_module is void; check also that cleaning up is done
properly, now we know that the module will be unloaded whatever we
do.
* ALL chip drivers: add a readonly insmod option so we don't cause APM/ACPI
to go insane.
* gl518sm: using iterate==2 causes a tread to be started. this thread remains
even after setting iterate==1 and/or removing the gl518sm module
<koenig@uranus.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>
* LM78 detection: Tom Webster has proven that the reset bit in the
id register can be one (strange!)
* maxilife.c: Introduce new insmod variables
* maxilife.c: Round REG_TO_VID correctly
* icspll.c: Rewrite. The current implementation simply can't work at all.
It needs i2c-level access (too bad for SMBus-only adapters).
* w83781d: Some features are still unsupported for the W8378[23].
Also, alarms seem to give strange results
sometimes, and there are some other minor problems, as indicated by
Jonathan Bradshaw <jonathan@NrgUp.Com>
* Support 10-bit addresses. At this moment, they are supported nowhere, except
in Simon Vogl's i2c modules.
* Better general locking, or at least a once-over to check no race-conditions
remain. This is part of the SMP-safeness, and can better be done at once.
* adm9240: check whether the current voltage computations are correct.
Probably not, as they are different from the datasheet specifications.
Also check for the supported dallas chip.
* lm80: Check how OS alarms work. At page 17 of the sheet, it tells
something completely different from the description at page 25.
* gl518sm: Assume that new values are close to old values, so start with
trying to use a small range near the old values (already partially done)
* lm77: Add detection in lm75.c and sensors-detect to distinguish from
an lm75. Add support for the two new registers.
* Add MTP006F chip: http://www.myson.com/Pcd/MTP006/Mtp006.pdf
gfiala@s.netic.de (Guido Fiala) has one on his mainboard
LIBRARY
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* Easier use of /proc and libsensors without knowing the chip type
At the moment a programmer wishing to use the lm_sensors package needs to know
what chips are supported and needs to add all those chips into his package.
If you were to add a field or function to your structures to the effect of
sensor-function a programmer could use the package a lot more simply.
For values you could do something like -
enum sensor-type { volt, fan, temp, volt_min, volt_max, fan_div, fan_min,
temp_over, temp_hyst }
* reload does not work (Bison/Flex problem?).
* Some library routines are pretty inefficient right now.
* Library should be split in more separate files, for better linking
behaviour.
* Some adm9240 labels start with a digit; change this, it leads to confusing
syntax in the conf file (they have to be quoted)
PROGRAMS
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* Sensors program needs to print a + before lm75 temperatures
* Sensors program needs to be extended for many new chips
OTHERS
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* Examine watchdog-4.3 or later of meskes@debian.org (Michael Meskes)
tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/sources/sbin or
sunsite.unc.edu /pub/linux/system/daemons/watchdog