[PATCH] hwmon: (it87) Add support for the ITE IT8720F Bug: #357766

[David Partington]

On 03/02/2010 01:24 PM, Stefan Bader wrote:
> <removed old conversation to clean things up>
>
> Hi David,
>
> ok, so this is a bug that still exists in the current upstream code. So this
> should be reported there. You can do that yourself or I can forward the patch on
> your behalf.
>
> What you also should do is to add a new bug (with "ubuntu-bug linux") because
> the report you reference is about adding support for newer chipsets while the
> problem seems to have existed before.
>
> One question, for clarification: did you compile yourself a kernel to test
> whether the results after the change are what you would expect? If no, we might
> provide you a test kernel before proceeding. If yes, this can be documented in
> the bug report.
>
> When the patch has been accepted upstream, it can be picked up by upstream
> stable maintainers and finally find its way back into the Ubuntu kernel. I know
> its a long way. :) But it helps to make sure things get fixed for others too.
>
> Regards,
> Stefan
>    
Stephan,

I want to test it, but do not have the necessary .h files.  I do not 
believe the whole kernel needs to be recomplied as the it87 module is a 
.ko (kernel object) file that is loaded via modprobe or via the modules 
file in /etc.  If you can point me to were to get the necessary .h files 
that would be great.  I did download the .git tool and have reviewed the 
Kernel Team Git Guide.  Not being a member of the Kernel team, I did not 
think I could use this approach.

Regards, David