Any plans to implement OpenBSD sensor framework into FreeBSD?

Bruno Ducrot ducrot at poupinou.org
Wed Jan 31 17:08:02 UTC 2007


On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 01:38:38PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Quoting Volker Theile <vtheile at gmx.de> (from Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:39:11 
> +0100):
> 
> >Hello all,
> >
> >i just want to ask if there are any plans to implement such a   
> >feature as the sensor framework in OpenBSD. I'm asking because it   
> >seems to me that there is currently no centralized architecture to   
> >handle hardware sensors like cpu temp or fan speed.
> 
> Sounds interesting.

Indeed.  I'll take a look.  Thanks for the links.

> Links for people which want to give it a try or want an overview:
>  - http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan06-biosensors.pdf
>  - http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/sensorsd/
>  - http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sbin/bioctl/
>  - http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/scsi/safte.c
> 

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