Re: Sporadic envstat(8)

[Ian Clark <mrrooster%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 2 December 2010 13:53, Sad Clouds 
<cryintothebluesky%googlemail.com@localhost> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 07:39:44 -0500
> Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> Which driver? I don't know, it doesn't say much. When sensors are working, 
> running 'envstat -D' gives the following:
>
> coretemp0 (checking events every 30 seconds)
> coretemp1 (checking events every 30 seconds)
> coretemp2 (checking events every 30 seconds)
> coretemp3 (checking events every 30 seconds)
>
> Your point about sensor taking a while to warm up is what I was thinking, 
> however if that's the case, envsys framework should be intelligent enough to 
> figure this out.
>
> My other thought was maybe the hardware was hiding the sensors, until the 
> temperature was high enough that they were usable. Maybe envsys framework 
> cannot cope with such dynamic actions? Who knows...
>
If you boot it cold (and get no temps reported), take a copy of the
boot dmesg (from /var/run/dmesg.boot) then reboot with them working
does a diff of the saved dmesg from the current one reveal anything?

Ian