Unless I blacklist the k8temp module running `sensors' throws out 'General Parse Error'. I haven't seen this happening on GOLD, since the k8temp module is new in 5.1.0. Upstream is well aware of the issue: ... December 5th, 2006: Note to k8temp users. The Linux 2.6.19 kernel features a new hardware monitoring driver, k8temp, which supports all recent AMD K8 CPUs. The driver will load automatically on supported systems. Due to technical specificities of this driver, upgrade to lm_sensors 2.10.1 is mandatory. Older versions of libsensors will fail with a "General parse error" message. If you can't upgrade lm_sensors for any reason, you'll have to blacklist the k8temp driver to prevent it from being loaded. Thanks to Artem S. Tashkinov for notifying us. ... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.x86_64 lm_sensors-2.10.0-3.1.x86_64 lm_sensors-2.10.0-3.1.i386 How reproducible: Always Let me know if you need any information specific to the system. I will also be happy to test the patched version on my machine.
Tested by upgrading to 2.10.1 and it fixed this issue for me.
Rebase lm_sensors to 2.10.1 seems necessary due to the kernel changes. Proposing for RHEL-5.3 and granting Devel ACK as it should be easily doable for a minor version change. Read ya, Phil
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Confirmed still present in 5.2...
Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: lm_sensors has been re-based to version 2.10.7. This update applies several upstream enhancements and bug fixes, including a fix that prevents libsensors from crashing with a General parse error message when k8temp is also running.
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