Philipp Lehman wrote: > In order to access the hardware sensors on my motherboard, I installed > the lm-sensors-source package and the corresponding userland > utilities. I need the i2c-viapro kernel module for my MB (VIA > KT133A/82c686b chipset). > > Now, when I try to patch the kernel (stricly following the > instructions in the README and INSTALL files) not all lm-sensors > modules are offered when I try to make menuconfig afterwards. The > patches are applied fine without any errors, but the module I need > just doesn't show up in the I²C section of the kernel configuration. > > This problem only affects the VIA modules. E.g. lm-sensors comes with > a i2c-piix4.c file and I see an option for Intel PIIX4 support, but > there are no configuration items corresponding to i2c-via.c and > i2c-viapro.c (the latter being the one I need). Has anybody seen this > before? Any ideas? > > BTW: I also tried building the modules outside of the kernel source > tree, but compiling fails with an error message. I found an open bug > report filed against lm-sensors-source describing the same problem, so > I guess it's not just me overlooking something in this case.
I just installed lm_sensors for VIAkt133/686a . I have a 2.4.3 kernel with I2C support compiled in and used lm_sensors-2.5.5. I followed the QUICKSTART instructions exactly as shown. To get lm_sensors to compile as a module you have to edit the Makefile and set the I2C_HEADERS=$(LINUX_HEADERS) otherwise you get an error. When you run sensors-detect, be sure to probe the ISA bus. This is how you get the temp s etc. Then i added the modules it suggested: i2c-isa and via686a to /etc/modules and the command 'sensors -s' to bootmisc.sh, so everything gets loaded and set at boot-up. Then install 'gkrellm' so you can display your temp, fan and voltage readings on your desktop. Very nice display.
