[ltp] Incorporating Thinkpad Detection into Lm_sensors

dean gaudet linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 24 Jul 2002 15:37:12 -0700 (PDT)


*insert foot into mouth*

that was a 560, not a 600E :)  (no wonder it was so simple!)

my 600E isn't online, oops.  i'll check it later.

-dean

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, dean gaudet wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Mark Studebaker wrote:
>
> > Hi, I'm on the lm_sensors project too.
> > I would like to investigate using PCI ID's to identify a thinkpad.
> > This would be simpler than using DMI.
> > Would folks please post the output of 'lspci' and 'lspci -n'
> > for each of the following laptops reported to be a problem.
> > Obviously we only need one posting for each model.
>
> unfortunately, you need many listings.  IBM will call someting "600E" and
> ship many variations of the hardware.  this actually may make your
> hypothesis not feasible... there's nothing in the data below which says
> "hey this is an IBM 600E!"
>
> DMI really is a better choice.
>
> and in general it's probably better to whitelist sensors data:  include
> a database of all known to work configurations.
>
> -dean
>
> here's the data you requested from a 600E:
>
> # lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 430MX - 82437MX MTSC [430MX PCIset - 82437MX Mobile System Controller (MTSC) and 82438MX Mobile Data Path (MT (rev 02)
> 00:01.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 430MX - 82371MX MPIIX [430MX PCIset - 82371MX Mobile PCI I/O IDE Xcelerator (MPIIX)] (rev 02)
> 00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems TGUI 9660/968x/968x (rev d3)
> 00:13.0 PCMCIA bridge: Cirrus Logic CL 6729 (rev e2)
> # lspci -n
> 00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:1235 (rev 02)
> 00:01.0 Class 0680: 8086:1234 (rev 02)
> 00:03.0 Class 0300: 1023:9660 (rev d3)
> 00:13.0 Class 0605: 1013:1100 (rev e2)
>
>


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