From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 28 14:36:06 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 955F916A41A for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4640113C48E for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so2426571pyb for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:36:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=AOUm31BPO9HkUL6JjsVIreDedtF8ehrVa59G5HviyI8=; b=ig92Sh3PIAlU6Mfx1U8GJ4EeLCEn/dYpEgYV3gCvL7fTlI3QtxZrJUeeazQ9mWCoZDpwRj7nBra/BC6DLuINgXi2IIzhOD3flt73ueBz55mJ7tjXST7y+paFEaL/twEvSW/A4IEu8LnaEzFUQUdz593UZZSZZBOGD3vUMiai6x8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=YoIN5ZBn5Kjt0ACfnc9GQHTq7/o+Ubapbg/Di7xr9qRpVbvT72VUbAGq1LApegt2122PUNpzpVml4gxHMOGKzKDMsNgm6iKWrUMOZ5HnN9rVRnaGcX81CBnO4QCYxLjdlGIXbOgjtobQaZ0p9iogZs2YoII583Sg9wN0EBOYk+k= Received: by 10.35.129.19 with SMTP id g19mr6163512pyn.1193582165634; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:36:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.108.9 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:36:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:36:05 +0000 From: "Rui Paulo" Sender: rpaulo@gmail.com To: "Julian Elischer" In-Reply-To: <47241E9C.7000605@elischer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <47241E9C.7000605@elischer.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9bbc5ac19d8be9d1 Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: learned something about coretemp X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:36:06 -0000 On 10/28/07, Julian Elischer wrote: > never kldload it on an 8 year old system. > > *bewm* > > I presume that my 8 YO inspiron 7500 doesn't have whatever is needed, > but, "*Bewm*" is probably a less than optimal reaction. That has been reported in the past. It's Intel's fault, not ours. The spec says that if you issue a CPUID you should be able to tell if the CPU has the temperature sensors regardless of the CPU model, but on old systems these CPUID call "returns true". -- Rui Paulo