Hardware sensors problem with 2.4.21 on IBM eServer 335/345
From: Armen Babikyan
Date: Thu Jan 13 2005 - 18:21:50 EST
Hi,
I am trying to get hardware sensors (i.e. cpu temp, fan speed, and
voltage sensors) working on an IBM eServer 335 system that is running
RedHat (Enterprise edition) with kernel 2.4.21 (2.4.21-27 actually).
The driver for the sensors chip on this particular mainboard is found
using sensors-detect:
Use driver `i2c-piix4' for device 00:0f.0: ServerWorks CSB5 South Bridge
However, the driver failed to load with the following error:
i2c-core.o: i2c core module
i2c-dev.o: i2c /dev entries driver module
i2c-core.o: driver i2c-dev dummy driver registered.
i2c-piix4.o version 2.6.5 (20020915)
i2c-piix4.o: Found CSB5 device
dmi_scan.o version 2.6.5 (20020915)
dmi_scan.o: SM BIOS found
i2c-piix4.o: IBM Laptop detected; this module may corrupt
your serial eeprom! Refusing to load module!
i2c-piix4.o: Module insertion failed.
Obviously this machine is not an IBM Laptop! It is, in fact, a
rackmount server. My question is: is this machine still at risk of
this EEPROM corruption bug that is present in (what looks like
exclusively) certain models of IBM Thinkpads? I can easily comment out
this logic and recompile, but I really don't want to break my EEPROM!
Can anyone tell me with reasonable certainty that I won't break my
machine by forcibly installing this module?
I'd upgrade to a newer version of the linux kernel, but other users of
the machine have requested the kernel version be kept for support
reasons.
Any and all insight is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
- Armen
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