Hi,
Anyone from Intel that reads LKML, could you provide an update as to what
is happening with support for your HECI Controller/QPS chip, which is used
on 965 (and possibly other?) chipsets.
I bought an Intel board, thinking everything would be supported, because
it is an Intel board. The board is an Intel DG965WHMKR. Is Intel
changing its values around open source? Digging around, one will read
something regarding Intel loads a special piece of code in the firmware of
the chip. Seems anti-open-source to me. I believe a lot of people are
interested in viewing their temperature of their chipsets, cpu, etc within
Linux, currently this is not possible.
What if any other types of motherboards are really fully supported in
Linux these days? Suffice to say, I am a bit surprised Intel has been
quietly ignoring this for quite some time now.
Some of the discussion that has been going on regarding this issue:
http://softwareforums.intel.com/ISN/Community/en-US/forums/thread/30225715.aspx
"Hello, Intel(r) Quiet System Technology (QST) support is provided by the
Firmware running the Management Engine. Linux support, however, is not
currently planned for QST and so there is no HECI driver for Linux. G. Holmes"
http://www.lm-sensors.org/ticket/2134
http://www.lm-sensors.org/ticket/2153
Can anyone provide any update?
Justin.
>From Justin Piszcz on Sunday, 04 February, 2007:
>Hi,
>Anyone from Intel that reads LKML, could you provide an update as to what
>is happening with support for your HECI Controller/QPS chip, which is used
>on 965 (and possibly other?) chipsets.
I am not from Intel, but the article at
http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/ISN/Community/en-us/blogs/manageability_software_development/archive/2007/01/24/30229661.aspx
says
"Please note that currently the HECI driver is available for windows OS
and it will be made available on Linux OS in a future release."
Nice that it will be made available on Linux in the future, but I
feel somewhat let down here, Intel. Your support for your wireless
and graphics chips on Linux is what has made you a top contender for
my hardware purchases.
-Joseph
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On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 10:57 -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anyone from Intel that reads LKML, could you provide an update as to what
> is happening with support for your HECI Controller/QPS chip, which is used
> on 965 (and possibly other?) chipsets.
I asked the right folks and the word I got was "Soon". The code we have
needs some major cleanups before it's suitable for lkml posting... but
it'll be there soon. We're working on the cleanups full time.... We'll
send an update when we're further along
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 10:57 -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Anyone from Intel that reads LKML, could you provide an update as to what
>> is happening with support for your HECI Controller/QPS chip, which is used
>> on 965 (and possibly other?) chipsets.
>
> I asked the right folks and the word I got was "Soon". The code we have
> needs some major cleanups before it's suitable for lkml posting... but
> it'll be there soon. We're working on the cleanups full time.... We'll
> send an update when we're further along
>
Very good news, thanks for the update!
Justin.