Re: AMD K10 temp.module ready since months, but missing inkernel...

[Christian Kujau]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 at 01:10, mm wrote:
> Am Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:15:45 -0700 (PDT) haben Sie (Christian Kujau
> <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) geschrieben:
> > On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 at 12:45, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:13:22AM +0200, mmi wrote:
> > > > Hello out there,
> > > > 
> > > > i found the code to read temperature of AMD K10 (Phenom)
> > > > processors a couple of months ago in the net (GPL). I use it
> > > > since January now and i wonder, why it's not in the kernel till
> > > > now.
> > > > 
> > > > It's from the same author, who wrote k8temp.c (which is in
> > > > kernel).
> > 
> > MMI, do you mean this:
> > http://linux.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/alt.os.linux/2008-08/msg00398.html
> > 
> > ...or which code are you referring to?
> > 
> > Christian.
> 
> YES, i refer to the code of Rudolf Marek. I think, he also has written
> the k8tmp.c. So he and his code should be well known in main line.
> 
> In the meanwhile i read a discussion where  Rudolf 
> thinks that it's not working on all Phenoms. Probably a problem on first
> series of Phenom I.
> 
> I tested it on latest Phenom I and since January on Phenom II, it works
> fine.

Well, it's Rudolf's code - if he thinks this code is ready for inclusion 
as well, we'd need his Signed-off to do so....

C.
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