[Beowulf] SuperMicro and lm_sensors

[Bernard Li]

Hi David:

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Lombard, David N
<dnlombar at ichips.intel.com> wrote:

> Did you look for /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/temperature  The glob is for
> your BIOS-defined ID.  If it does exist, that's the value that drives
> /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/trip_points
>
> See also /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/polling_frequency

I have always wondered about /proc/acpi/thermal_zone.  I noticed that
on some servers, the files exist, but on others, that directory is
empty.  I guess this is dependent on whether the BIOS exposes the
information to the kernel?  Or are there modules that I need to
install to get it working?

Thanks,

Bernard