Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (dell-smm) Add Dell XPS 15 9560 into DMI list

From: Jean Delvare
Date: Mon Mar 06 2017 - 06:33:42 EST


Hi Vasile,

On Sat, 4 Mar 2017 22:58:26 +0100, Vasile Dumitrescu wrote:
> ok, but how? I am on Debian, and I never in my life compiled a kernel...
>
> What would I need to do?

If your Debian system has a kernel >= 3.13 and you are somewhat
familiar with compiling from sources, you could give a try to this
standalone driver:

http://jdelvare.nerim.net/devel/lm-sensors/drivers/dell-smm-hwmon/

Instructions are at:

http://jdelvare.nerim.net/devel/lm-sensors/drivers/INSTALL

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Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support