lm-sensors in, hal-addons out?

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Mon Sep 29 13:40:32 UTC 2008


Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> Hello Kernel Team,
> 
> Where is Ubuntu heading with hardware sensors?
> 
> As far as I can tell, the hwmon and lm-sensors efforts are newer than
> many of the specialized addons found in hal, and it seems the existing
> solutions sometimes are in direct conflict with each other. My immediate
> concern is with applesmc and the hald-addon-macbookpro-backlight package,
> but my question is generally whether there is a declared wish to migrate
> code towards the usage of libsensors.
> 
> Any pointer or comment is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Best regards,
> Henrik Rydberg
> 

This seems like a question for Scott and his team.

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