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author | Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 2006-04-25 08:23:01 -0400 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2006-06-22 14:10:33 -0400 |
commit | 0d0001dd956d4ae2c8739c2877fa660eec68ed5f (patch) | |
tree | 5990ffaa2bdd946bf3b46d26107f4c76f2d67080 /Documentation/hwmon | |
parent | 114cc0c0c1e98f0b8e205f91ae7b2471e0ad5325 (diff) |
[PATCH] HWMON: Improve the help text for CONFIG_HWMON
Improve the help text for CONFIG_HWMON to let the users know how they
pick the right hardware monitoring driver(s) for their system.
Also fix a couple typos in the related documentation file and improve
some parts a bit.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools b/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools index 2622aac65422..19900a8fe679 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/userspace-tools | |||
@@ -6,31 +6,32 @@ voltages, fans speed). They are often connected through an I2C bus, but some | |||
6 | are also connected directly through the ISA bus. | 6 | are also connected directly through the ISA bus. |
7 | 7 | ||
8 | The kernel drivers make the data from the sensor chips available in the /sys | 8 | The kernel drivers make the data from the sensor chips available in the /sys |
9 | virtual filesystem. Userspace tools are then used to display or set or the | 9 | virtual filesystem. Userspace tools are then used to display the measured |
10 | data in a more friendly manner. | 10 | values or configure the chips in a more friendly manner. |
11 | 11 | ||
12 | Lm-sensors | 12 | Lm-sensors |
13 | ---------- | 13 | ---------- |
14 | 14 | ||
15 | Core set of utilites that will allow you to obtain health information, | 15 | Core set of utilities that will allow you to obtain health information, |
16 | setup monitoring limits etc. You can get them on their homepage | 16 | setup monitoring limits etc. You can get them on their homepage |
17 | http://www.lm-sensors.nu/ or as a package from your Linux distribution. | 17 | http://www.lm-sensors.nu/ or as a package from your Linux distribution. |
18 | 18 | ||
19 | If from website: | 19 | If from website: |
20 | Get lmsensors from project web site. Please note, you need only userspace | 20 | Get lm-sensors from project web site. Please note, you need only userspace |
21 | part, so compile with "make user_install" target. | 21 | part, so compile with "make user" and install with "make user_install". |
22 | 22 | ||
23 | General hints to get things working: | 23 | General hints to get things working: |
24 | 24 | ||
25 | 0) get lm-sensors userspace utils | 25 | 0) get lm-sensors userspace utils |
26 | 1) compile all drivers in I2C section as modules in your kernel | 26 | 1) compile all drivers in I2C and Hardware Monitoring sections as modules |
27 | in your kernel | ||
27 | 2) run sensors-detect script, it will tell you what modules you need to load. | 28 | 2) run sensors-detect script, it will tell you what modules you need to load. |
28 | 3) load them and run "sensors" command, you should see some results. | 29 | 3) load them and run "sensors" command, you should see some results. |
29 | 4) fix sensors.conf, labels, limits, fan divisors | 30 | 4) fix sensors.conf, labels, limits, fan divisors |
30 | 5) if any more problems consult FAQ, or documentation | 31 | 5) if any more problems consult FAQ, or documentation |
31 | 32 | ||
32 | Other utilites | 33 | Other utilities |
33 | -------------- | 34 | --------------- |
34 | 35 | ||
35 | If you want some graphical indicators of system health look for applications | 36 | If you want some graphical indicators of system health look for applications |
36 | like: gkrellm, ksensors, xsensors, wmtemp, wmsensors, wmgtemp, ksysguardd, | 37 | like: gkrellm, ksensors, xsensors, wmtemp, wmsensors, wmgtemp, ksysguardd, |