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author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2005-07-02 18:52:48 +0200 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-07-11 14:47:41 -0700 |
commit | ede7fbdf526c314850c9f32dd8da1753bf8d0ad5 (patch) | |
tree | 2f1fefa6f6df58f5c27bf98bd7df0908e97e44ef /Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools | |
parent | 8d5d45fb14680326f833295f2316a4ec5e357220 (diff) | |
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[PATCH] I2C: Move hwmon drivers (3/3)
Part 3: Move the drivers documentation, plus two general documentation
files.
Note that the patch "adds trailing whitespace", because it does move the
files as-is, and some files happen to have trailing whitespace.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools b/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2622aac65422 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Introduction +------------ + +Most mainboards have sensor chips to monitor system health (like temperatures, +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. + +Lm-sensors +---------- + +Core set of utilites 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. + +General hints to get things working: + +0) get lm-sensors userspace utils +1) compile all drivers in I2C section 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 +-------------- + +If you want some graphical indicators of system health look for applications +like: gkrellm, ksensors, xsensors, wmtemp, wmsensors, wmgtemp, ksysguardd, +hardware-monitor + +If you are server administrator you can try snmpd or mrtgutils. |