On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:33:18 -0500, Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just built a firewall box using a Via EPIA-CL6000E motherboard. >I'd like to be able to monitor the temperature(s) within the system. >However, it appears there is currently no means to do that in >OpenBSD (at least not that I've found). > >Now I'm toying with the idea of actually developing the software to >support the sysctl/hw.sensors interface (for this hardware, assuming >I can obtain adequate documentation). > >I've got a respectable amount of experience developing "userland" >applications, but never done any real kernel or "system >internals"-level hacking (though I'm confident that I can learn). > >So does anyone have any suggested readings regarding this part of >the OpenBSD architecture? I'm sure google can find plenty of useful >info, but at this point, I'm not even sure what to search for. Any >suggestions would be much appreciated. > >Thank you! >Matt The work being done in -current on SCSI monitoring is using hw.sensors, namely ses/safte, so it should make good reading. Hardware is needed for ses/safte efforts: See the following from Theo on misc@ Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JCR
