From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 18:45:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5FD21065675 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:45:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 726C98FC1B for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:45:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0K5300EJYARN3030@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:45:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.72.251]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with SMTP id <0K53008WFARNUPT8@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:45:23 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:45:22 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080804204522.98cb8b5e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: <20080803134328.GA65256@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <20080803015053.e67a39ee.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20080803031912.GA38781@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080803135251.60d4bb7d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20080803134328.GA65256@eos.sc1.parodius.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: Temperature monitoring on old desktop - Dell OptiPlex SX270? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:45:55 -0000 On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:43:28 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > Then the only possibility is to take a very high-resolution photo > (read: 2048x1536 or higher) and send it to someone who can identify Ok, if I want to do that, I guess my Fujifilm Finepix F40fd (8 Mpixel) shold be able. > ICs (I'm good at recognising H/W monitoring ICs :-) ). But even that > won't guarantee anything; an IC that supports H/W monitoring may be For now, I'll lok at software tests to identify anything. > The P4 TM feature is more of a thermal manager and not so much a > "monitor" in the sense of what you think it might be (re: ability to > provide thermal statistics to a program). It *is* a "monitor" in the > sense that it reads temperature, but there's no way to access that > internal data. Yes, Dan Nelson also explained that to me. Thanks for explaining! > You could try Linux. Their lm-sensors project is incredibly thorough, Ok, I did so yesterday, see the SX270 and Xubuntu page[1]. > but based on what I've looked at in the code, it's hit-or-miss. It I tested with sensors-detect from lm-sensors, but it was a miss. :-( sensors-detect output here[2]. > Again, this would only allow you to detect whether or not there's an > actual H/W monitoring IC on the board somewhere. I'm strongly > doubting there is. It seems you are right. References: 1) http://tingox.googlepages.com/sx270_xubuntu 2) http://tingox.googlepages.com/sx270-xubuntu-sensors-detect-2008080.txt BTW, I will be traveling for about a week now, and don't know if I will have any connectivity at all. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen