Bug 64665 - RFE: lm_sensors modules is old: no support for VIA KT266A with VT8233CE chipset (and others)
Summary: RFE: lm_sensors modules is old: no support for VIA KT266A with VT8233CE chips...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks: 65045
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-05-09 10:56 UTC by Josi Romildo Malaquias
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:42 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-06-03 19:07:52 UTC
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Description Josi Romildo Malaquias 2002-05-09 10:56:58 UTC 
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Description of problem:
The shipped version of lm_sensors and i2c modules (as patches to the kernel)
does not support the VIA KT266A with the VT8233CE chipset (and others), although
there are newer versions of the lm_sensors and i2c  packages which does support
them.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Run sensors-detect in a machine with the above mentioned hardware, or read the
documentation.


Actual Results:  The chipset is not detected nor supported.

Expected Results:  The correct detection of the chipset.

Additional info:

The latest stable release of lm_sensors and i2c
(http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/download.html) does support the mentioned and
other new hardware.
Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2002-10-06 09:02:57 UTC 
fixed in 8.0
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