lm_sensors/README



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    2 README for lm_sensors
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    5 IMPORTANT NOTES
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    7   * The libsensors configuration file (/etc/sensors.conf) is never overwritten
    8   by our installation process, so that you won't lose your personal settings
    9   in that file. You still can get our latest default config file in 
   10   etc/sensors.conf.eg and manually copy it to /etc/sensors.conf if you want.
   11   You will then want to edit it to fit your needs again.
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   13   * The format of /etc/sensors.conf changed with lm-sensors >= 3.0.0.
   14   If you have a custom configuration file using the old format, you can convert
   15   it using the sensors-conf-convert script. Otherwise just overwrite your old
   16   configuration file with the new default one.
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   19 KERNEL CONFIGURATION
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   21   * Enable "I2C support" (CONFIG_I2C=y or m). On many motherboards, the sensor
   22   chip is connected to the SMBus, which is supported by I2C in the Linux kernel
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   24   * Enable "I2C device interface" (CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=m). sensors-detect needs
   25   this to probe for SMBus hardware monitoring chips.
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   27   * In I2C Hardware Bus support, enable all drivers you might need, preferably
   28   as modules. If you're not sure, select them all.
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   30   * Enable "Hardware Monitoring support" (CONFIG_HWMON=y or m).
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   32   * Enable all hardware monitoring drivers you might need, preferably as modules