Subject: kern/36660: envsys sensor names are not unique
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/17/2007 14:35:01
>Number:         36660
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       envsys sensor names are not unique
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 17 14:35:00 +0000 2007
>Originator:     YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.23
>Organization:
	
>Environment:
	
	
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:

	on one of my machines, envstat shows something like the following.
	(it's with ipmi(4).)
	as you see, there are some sensors with the same name.
	i consider it as a bug because the names are used as identifiers.
	eg. envstat -s
	the introduction of "envstat -m desc=..." made the situation worse.

% envstat
	Temp:     40.000 degC
	Temp:     40.000 degC
  Riser Temp:     40.000 degC
 Planar Temp:     40.000 degC
Ambient Temp:     23.000 degC
	Temp:     50.000 degC
	Temp:     50.000 degC
	Temp:     40.000 degC
	Temp:     40.000 degC
  Riser Temp:     29.000 degC
 Planar Temp:     32.000 degC
Ambient Temp:     21.000 degC
	Temp:     50.000 degC
	Temp:     34.000 degC
   FAN 8 RPM:       1800 RPM
   FAN 7 RPM:       1800 RPM
   FAN 6 RPM:       1800 RPM
   FAN 5 RPM:       1800 RPM
   FAN 4 RPM:       1800 RPM
   FAN 3 RPM:       1800 RPM
   FAN 2 RPM:       1800 RPM
   FAN 1 RPM:       1800 RPM
   FAN 6 RPM:       4950 RPM
   FAN 5 RPM:       4950 RPM
   FAN 4 RPM:       4875 RPM
   FAN 3 RPM:       4950 RPM
   FAN 2 RPM:       5025 RPM
   FAN 1 RPM:       1800 RPM
CMOS Battery:      3.096 V
CMOS Battery:      3.122 V
   Intrusion
	
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:
	- make the framework ensure that names are unique.
	- remove the "envstat -m desc=..." functionality.
	  IMO, it's a misfeature.

>Unformatted: