Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 09:12:54 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sysctl question Message-ID: <5554ABEF.4070300@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20150514055826.01e841ae@gecko4> References: <55541052.6020802@hiwaay.net> <20150514055826.01e841ae@gecko4>
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On 05/14/15 05:04, mfv wrote:
> Hello William,
>
> I had the same problem using amdtemp but used the sysctl setting
> "dev.amdtemp.%d.sensor_offset" to make it more accurate. The value was
> determined by comparing the unadjusted value of admtemp with the value
> shown in the BIOS. In my case the setting in /etc/sysctl.conf is:
>
> dev.amdtemp.0.sensor_offset=24
>
> A room thermometer was also helpful to measure the difference by
> comparing the difference between the room temperature and the BIOS
> after the CPU was placed under load.
>
> To read the value I then bound the F2-key in csh.cshrc file as follows:
>
> bindkey -c "^[OQ" 'sysctl -e dev.amdtemp.0.core0'
>
> The results of the reading are not as accurate as I would like but are
> an improvement.
>
> Cheers ... __o
> _ \<,_
> Marek (+)/ (+)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
P.S. Is there a way to set this on the fly, w/o a reboot ? TIA :-) ....
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William A. Mahaffey III
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