K8temp & K10temp

[Joep L. Blom]

R Kimber wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:02:01 +0100
> Joep L. Blom wrote:
> 
>> Can anybody give information on the status of the temperature modules 
>> for the current kernel.
>> I'm running Karmic on an AMD Phenom II and there is a module K10temp 
>> that has worked in kernel 2.6.28-15. As this was in August I thought it 
>> would already be incorporated in the newer kernels. But the current 
>> kernel 2-6-31-14 has the same K8temp module as in all other kernels. On 
>> the lmsensors list they have already a K8temp version that is adapted 
>> for the newer processor types. I would like to know when this will be 
>> implemented in the new Ubuntu kernels. Other wise I have to compile the 
>> module for each new kernel.
> 
> Actually, the latest release of the stable branch version of sensors-detect
> from the lm-sensors website detects K10 but says 'driver `to-be-written',
> so presumably even lm-sensors hasn't quite got its act together yet. So it
> presumably won't appear in Ubuntu just yet.
> 
> - Richard.
Richard,
Thanks. However, I had K10 running and giving correct temperature 
readings in Karmic, but when I upgraded the kernel I found I have to 
recompile K10temp again and as kernel versions change very often it is a 
nuisance therefore I hope the developers of Ubuntu recognize the urgency .
The message about re-writing the driver is old as K10temp works and is 
stable as far as I have seen (I used it in krellm which recognized it).
Joep