> > This is current/i386 on an ALIX.1E (dmesg below).
> > I am trying to monitor the CPU temperature with
> > 
> > wbsio0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: W83627HF rev 0x41
> > lm1 at wbsio0 port 0x290/8: W83627HF
> > 
> > $ sysctl hw.sensors.lm1
> > hw.sensors.lm1.temp0=69.00 degC
> > hw.sensors.lm1.temp1=57.00 degC
> > hw.sensors.lm1.temp2=49.00 degC
> > hw.sensors.lm1.volt0=1.26 VDC (VCore A)
> > hw.sensors.lm1.volt1=2.64 VDC (VCore B)
> > hw.sensors.lm1.volt2=3.42 VDC (+3.3V)
> > hw.sensors.lm1.volt3=5.11 VDC (+5V)
> > hw.sensors.lm1.volt4=0.00 VDC (+12V)
> > hw.sensors.lm1.volt5=-14.91 VDC (-12V)
> > hw.sensors.lm1.volt6=-7.71 VDC (-5V)
> > hw.sensors.lm1.volt7=5.07 VDC (5VSB)
> > hw.sensors.lm1.volt8=0.00 VDC (VBAT)
> > 
> > There are three temperatures reported,
> > and dev/ic/lm78var.h talks about Temperature 1, 2, 3;
> > but man lm(4) only says
> > 
> >     Temp uK Motherboard Temperature
> > 
> > Does anyone know what exactly they are?
> 
> 
> There is a chip in the machine.
> It has pins.
> Those pins are monitored by the driver, as specific registers.
> 
> The pins wired to who the hell knows where by each board manufacturer.
> 
> Sometimes the chips need special registers and capacitors
> 
> Quite often, the board engineer sent to add this part to the board
> choose the wrong registers and capacitors, and sometimes they compensate
> for these errors with private tables in the BIOS or various monitoring
> programs which move around machine to machine.
> 
> 
> We monitor registers.  We assume the vendor did the right thing.
> 
> No that I've described what a shitshow it is, I hope you can adjust your
> expectations.

OK, with expectations adjusted,
does anyone know what the three numbers
are _supposed_ to be?

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