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| author | khali <khali@7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0> | 2007-09-24 12:13:29 +0000 |
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| committer | khali <khali@7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0> | 2007-09-24 12:13:29 +0000 |
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Fold BACKGROUND into README.
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@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ See the INSTALL file. HARDWARE SUPPORT ---------------- +To find out what hardware you have, just run 'sensors-detect' as root. + Most modern mainboards incorporate some form of hardware monitoring chips. These chips read things like chip temperatures, fan rotation speeds and voltage levels. There are quite a few different chips which can be used by @@ -52,6 +54,36 @@ even need to wait for a new kernel driver to be written. Updating the lm-sensors package itself will not help. +LIBSENSORS +---------- + +The kernel drivers communicate their information through the /sys +interface. Because every motherboard is different, the drivers always +advert the measurements at their pins. This means that the values they +report are not always immediately relevant to you. They have to be +labelled properly, and sometimes they must be scaled to correspond to +real-world values. + +libsensors is a (shared or static) library of access functions. It +offers a simple-to-use interface for applications to access the sensor +chip readings and configure them as you like. It has a configuration +file where you can put all the motherboard-specific labels and +conversion rules. That way, all applications do not need to duplicate +the effort and can simply link with libsensors and work out of the box. + + +APPLICATIONS +------------ + +This package does not contain a nice graphical monitor. Look at the file +doc/useful_addresses.html for pointers to such programs. It does contain +an example console program that reports all current sensors values. This +program is called 'sensors'. You can use it as a reference implementation +for more intricate programs. It also contains a daemon watching for +sensor values, logging alarms and feeding an RRD database with the sensor +measurements. + + OTHER INFORMATION ----------------- |