Description of problem: The version of lm_sensors which RedHat distributes does not work correctly since it is obsolete (years old). Some of the modules which are used by lm_sensors are contained in the kernel. Therefore the lm_sensors applications do not work with the current RehHat distributed kernel. For example, run decode- dimms.pl and it will tell you that /proc/sys/dev/sensors does not exist. The current kernel uses /sys/bus/i2c/drivers/eeprom/... for storing the files. If you update to the current version of lm_sensors, it does work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): lm_sensors-2.8.7-2.40.3 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. run /usr/bin/decode-dimms.pl (it fails) 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
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