On Sat, 2010-07-10 at 18:47 -0700, listmail wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:48:50 +0100, Ned Slider wrote
On 10/07/10 03:07, Yves Bellefeuille wrote:
The version at ElRepo works with my Phenom II:
http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el5/i386/RPMS/lm_sensors-2.10.8-2.el5.elrepo....
ELRepo also has a kernel module for the AMD K10 core temperature sensor:
Many thanks to both Yves and Ned for the pointers. After installing lm_sensors-2.10.8.-2 from elrepo, then installing the necessary drivers (also from elrepo) for the sensors on my Shuttle SA76G2, the readings are now available. For anyone else who runs into this, the SA76G2 needs the it87 and k10temp kernel drivers.
Now I just have to get the ranges set correctly. Unfortunately, Shuttle publishes absolutely nothing in the way of documentation, and their tech support people refuse to provide information, claiming that it is proprietary. I guess I'll post it in their user forums once I figure which measurements are meaningful.
Since the elrepo kmod-k10temp/lm_sensors packages worked, then you may also benefit from the elrepo kmod-powernow-k8 package.
With AMD Phenom II quad-cores running centos 5, kmod-powernow-k8 typically gives a 8-10C drop in core temperature at idle and a significant reduction in power consumption at idle as described in this centos bug report:
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3766
You will also likely notice that your cpu fan slows down at idle. It is worth installing the kmod if just to quieten down the cpu fan.
As per the bug report, this issue should be fixed in rhel/centos 5.6
Steve