Re: Different dmesg and sysctl hw.sensors output

2018-07-29 Thread Jens A. Griepentrog
Thank you for your explanation and, morevoer, for everything else what makes the system work, Theo. I am happy to see reasonable output of the sensors - especially during a hot summer time like this ... With best regards, Jens On 07/29/18 15:27, Theo de Raadt wrote: This multi-vendor family of

Re: Different dmesg and sysctl hw.sensors output

2018-07-29 Thread Theo de Raadt
This multi-vendor family of "SuperIO" chips is racy and weird, and difficult to probe directly. They require bankswitching registers, with an unclear locking regime against the possibility of a system BMC or SMI also performing the same actions. In general, the code falls through to a device whic

Different dmesg and sysctl hw.sensors output

2018-07-27 Thread Jens A. Griepentrog
Dear Listeners, Just for curiosity: Today I have recognized a surprising difference in dmesg and sysctl hw.sensors output after two times of booting the same kernel on the same machine: After the first boot, I was surprised to see (for the first time as far as I remember) the lines ... lm0 at isa