From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759937AbZBLRjY (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:39:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758081AbZBLRjN (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:39:13 -0500 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([75.144.35.66]:37614 "EHLO lucidpixels.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757067AbZBLRjM (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:39:12 -0500 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:39:11 -0500 (EST) From: Justin Piszcz To: Gabriel C cc: Maxim Levitsky , Dan Williams , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org" Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] Status/support for Linux HECI from Intel? (for temp/voltage monitoring) In-Reply-To: <49937CDF.10307@frugalware.org> Message-ID: References: <4964DB3E.6080908@intel.com> <1231356111.6648.2.camel@maxim-laptop> <49937CDF.10307@frugalware.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (DEB 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Gabriel C wrote: > Maxim Levitsky wrote: > >> On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 11:42 -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote: >>> On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Dan Williams wrote: >>> >>>> Justin Piszcz wrote: >>>>> The HECI interface would allow lm_sensors developers to grab the >>>>> temperatures off the chips on the board. >>>>> >>>>> From 2005(?)-2008 there was some chatter about supporting it but it never >>>>> seemed to happen, is there any eventual planned support for supporting >>>>> Intel's HECI interface or if the user wants to see the >>>>> temperatures/voltages just buy a different motherboard with an ITE I/O >>>>> controller? >>>>> >>>>> I have a couple DG965WH boards and it would be nice to see the >>>>> temperature of the chipset etc without having to reboot into the BIOS. >>>>> >>>> Hi Justin, >>>> >>>> I am not up to date on the progress in this area, but perhaps this site >>>> (http://www.openamt.org/) has what you are looking for? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Dan >>>> >>> Yeah that is the site-- however, will it ever get merged? I have not >>> heard anything about it for a year or so. >> >> Nope, the heci is just a controller, but we need a way to tell that >> controller to show us the temperature data. >> But intel hasn't released the QST sdk, and probably never will. >> >> Sad, > > > Well I found this interesting thread about : > > http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/manageability-software-development/topic/54851/ > > It looks like the QST SDK already exists and is planned to be released.. > ( http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/manageability-software-development/topic/54851/reply/74068/ ) > >> >> Best regards, >> Maxim Levitsky >> > > Gabriel I volunteer to test any patches if/when they are created after the SDK is released. Justin.