On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 2:07 PM Peter Kjellstr?m <cap at nsc.liu.se> wrote:> On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 11:10:23 +0530 > Thomas Stephen Lee <lee.iitb at gmail.com> wrote: > ... > > /usr/bin/sensors > > > > from the lm_sensors package > > > > I had run > > > > sensors-detect --auto > > I had no idea people still used that package. Especially on a server. > > Per core temperatures in linux for Zen2 is done using (a very up to > date kernel with its k10temp module). Alternatively one can look at: > > https://github.com/ocerman/zenpower.git > > I don't know if it works with the c8 kernel (but it does not work with > the c7 one). > > But in the end. Why care about per core temperatures? Setup basic > monitoring of the server using ipmi or whatever the vendor supports. > > /Peter K >Hi Peter,> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 2:07 PM Peter Kjellstr?m <cap at nsc.liu.se> wrote:> I had no idea people still used that package. Especially on a server.Is it due to some security issue ? We install on all our machines (servers/desktops). thanks. --- Lee
On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 14:40:31 +0530 Thomas Stephen Lee <lee.iitb at gmail.com> wrote:> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 2:07 PM Peter Kjellstr?m <cap at nsc.liu.se> > > wrote: > > > I had no idea people still used that package. Especially on a > > server. > > Is it due to some security issue ?Not security but safety (and also, it's not needed when there are supported ways to get that data and better). By safety I refer the half-blind scanning of smbus etc. that sensors-detect does. To me it feels like a relic from desktops 15 years ago :-) /Peter K
On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 3:35 PM Peter Kjellstr?m <cap at nsc.liu.se> wrote:> On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 14:40:31 +0530 > Thomas Stephen Lee <lee.iitb at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 2:07 PM Peter Kjellstr?m <cap at nsc.liu.se> > > > wrote: > > > > > I had no idea people still used that package. Especially on a > > > server. > > > > Is it due to some security issue ? > > Not security but safety (and also, it's not needed when there are > supported ways to get that data and better). > > By safety I refer the half-blind scanning of smbus etc. that > sensors-detect does. > > To me it feels like a relic from desktops 15 years ago :-) > > /Peter K >Hi Peter, Ok. I will look for alternatives. Thanks for the information. thanks. --- Lee