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| author | Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> | 2006-06-24 08:41:41 -0400 |
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| committer | Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> | 2006-06-24 13:07:53 -0400 |
| commit | 816724e65c72a90a44fbad0ef0b59b186c85fa90 (patch) | |
| tree | 421fa29aedff988e392f92780637553e275d37a0 /Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools | |
| parent | 70ac4385a13f78bc478f26d317511893741b05bd (diff) | |
| parent | d384ea691fe4ea8c2dd5b9b8d9042eb181776f18 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of /home/trondmy/kernel/linux-2.6/
Conflicts:
fs/nfs/inode.c
fs/super.c
Fix conflicts between patch 'NFS: Split fs/nfs/inode.c' and patch
'VFS: Permit filesystem to override root dentry on mount'
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools b/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools index 2622aac6542..19900a8fe67 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools @@ -6,31 +6,32 @@ voltages, fans speed). They are often connected through an I2C bus, but some are also connected directly through the ISA bus. The kernel drivers make the data from the sensor chips available in the /sys -virtual filesystem. Userspace tools are then used to display or set or the -data in a more friendly manner. +virtual filesystem. Userspace tools are then used to display the measured +values or configure the chips in a more friendly manner. Lm-sensors ---------- -Core set of utilites that will allow you to obtain health information, +Core set of utilities that will allow you to obtain health information, setup monitoring limits etc. You can get them on their homepage http://www.lm-sensors.nu/ or as a package from your Linux distribution. If from website: -Get lmsensors from project web site. Please note, you need only userspace -part, so compile with "make user_install" target. +Get lm-sensors from project web site. Please note, you need only userspace +part, so compile with "make user" and install with "make user_install". General hints to get things working: 0) get lm-sensors userspace utils -1) compile all drivers in I2C section as modules in your kernel +1) compile all drivers in I2C and Hardware Monitoring sections as modules + in your kernel 2) run sensors-detect script, it will tell you what modules you need to load. 3) load them and run "sensors" command, you should see some results. 4) fix sensors.conf, labels, limits, fan divisors 5) if any more problems consult FAQ, or documentation -Other utilites --------------- +Other utilities +--------------- If you want some graphical indicators of system health look for applications like: gkrellm, ksensors, xsensors, wmtemp, wmsensors, wmgtemp, ksysguardd, |