Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) add T_Sensor for ROG STRIX X870E-E GAMING WIFI

From: Eugene Shalygin

Date: Sat Jul 11 2026 - 03:50:40 EST


On Fri, 10 Jul 2026 at 16:34, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That makes me wonder, though: Are you sure that the negative temperature sensor
> values are not really error codes ?

Does it matter? I know one of those two values (-40 or -62) are
delivered by the EC when thermistor is not connected (i.e. the
resistance is infinite). It allows us to detect EC registers with
temperature sensors and the driver to detect whether the [hysical
sensor is connected.

Eugene