Enabling Sensors on ASUS motherboards

[KoO]

So far very nice indeed. Thanks

The below is not and MX problem. It is a kernel thing.
But one thing I have had trouble with is sensor modules on my new Asus b450-I motherboard running AMD 5 3600. But I have found the fix. If the below is not done No CPU or Fan sensors will work. For me anyway



https://github.com/lm-sensors/lm-sensors/issues/134

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_enforce_resources=lax" << You must add this to your grub line ( acpi_enforce_resources=lax ) then sudo update-grub

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 andresvensson commented on Nov 28, 2018 •

I had similar problem but solved it from info at another thread. Though I might share.

1, Find your model name:
sudo dmidecode > sensors.txt
open file and search

(my sensor is IT8665E)

    Management Device
    Description: ITE IT8665E
    Type: Other
    Address: 0x00000295
    Address Type: I/O Port

2, Confirm that yours are listed at https://github.com/a1wong/it87 and then:
git clone git clone https://github.com/a1wong/it87.git
cd it87/
make clean
make
sudo make install

3, Get required program and add the drivers:
echo "it87" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules #if you haven't done this already
#you may have some of these already
sudo apt-get install git dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic
sudo make dkms
sensors

4, Boom! 

And have a look here too. If you have an ASUS board. https://github.com/electrified/asus-wmi-sensors

[Paul..]

Mod Note: Moved the above relevant post so it would be available to others and not lost in an unrelated thread.

[Stevo]

Is the same fix still required on our latest 5.4 and 5.5 kernels?

[KoO]

@ Stevo Yes please. Without the drivers & modules IT8665E just can't read the sensors.

[Stevo]

It appears that the module source is in the kernel, but Debian doesn't enable the builds, while the Liquorix kernels do:

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#
# Port-mapped I/O GPIO drivers
#
CONFIG_GPIO_F7188X=m
CONFIG_GPIO_IT87=m
CONFIG_GPIO_SCH=m
CONFIG_GPIO_SCH311X=m
CONFIG_GPIO_WINBOND=m
CONFIG_GPIO_WS16C48=m
# end of Port-mapped I/O GPIO drivers

Search the config file for your current kernel that's in /boot for "it87"...

[KoO]

@Stevo

One other thing on bootup I see that watchdog is disabled in the bios. Is this not good. ?

I also did a catfish on the systems folder for it87


This all I could find in config-5.4.0-3-amd64 (9296 lines of code) using search of course.

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 Port-mapped I/O GPIO drivers
# CONFIG_GPIO_IT87 is not set
# end of Port-mapped I/O GPIO drivers

# Native drivers
CONFIG_SENSORS_IT87=m

Watchdog Device Drivers
CONFIG_IT8712F_WDT=m
CONFIG_IT87_WDT=m 
 

[Eadwine Rose]

Interesting.. I have to do

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echo "it87" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules           
sudo apt-get install git         
cd ~/                                                                     
git clone https://github.com/a1wong/it87.git
cd it87/
sudo make dkms

in succession to see all my sensors.

Stevo: you mean that the liquorix kernel might work OOTB?

[KoO]

I was waiting for you Eadwine Rose as I noted you were using Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI board.

General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) » GPIO Driver Interface
Each GPIO controller driver needs to include the following header, which defines the structures used to define a GPIO driver:
#include <linux/gpio/driver.h>

From what i see here the driver is not loaded. But the sensors part is fixed. But helpfully this can but fixed. I don't understand myself we need more help with this.. Sorry bedtime work tomorrow.
Port-mapped I/O GPIO drivers
# CONFIG_GPIO_IT87 is not set
# end of Port-mapped I/O GPIO drivers

# Native drivers
CONFIG_SENSORS_IT87=m

Watchdog Device Drivers
CONFIG_IT8712F_WDT=m
CONFIG_IT87_WDT=m

From the below the GPIO driver is loaded.
# Port-mapped I/O GPIO drivers
#
CONFIG_GPIO_F7188X=m
CONFIG_GPIO_IT87=m
CONFIG_GPIO_SCH=m
CONFIG_GPIO_SCH311X=m
CONFIG_GPIO_WINBOND=m
CONFIG_GPIO_WS16C48=m
# end of Port-mapped I/O GPIO drivers

[KoO]

Ok this is what I have found with the liquorix kernel installed .Linux mx-19 5.5.0-3.2-liquorix-amd64 #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT liquorix 5.5-6~mx19+1 (2020-02-14) x86_64 GNU/Linux.. On MX-19.1 AHS + Nvidia 440.59

The GPIO driver is now installed.
From : /boot/config-5.5.0-3.2-liquorix-amd64

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#
# Port-mapped I/O GPIO drivers
#
CONFIG_GPIO_F7188X=m
CONFIG_GPIO_IT87=m
CONFIG_GPIO_SCH=m
CONFIG_GPIO_SCH311X=m
CONFIG_GPIO_WINBOND=m
CONFIG_GPIO_WS16C48=m
# end of Port-mapped I/O GPIO drivers
 

And the sensors are working

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mx-19 * 27 files = 700K ~ >$sensors
it8665-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
in0:          +1.20 V  (min =  +2.04 V, max =  +1.38 V)
in1:          +2.50 V  (min =  +0.84 V, max =  +2.25 V)
in2:          +2.04 V  (min =  +2.38 V, max =  +2.50 V)
in3:          +2.00 V  (min =  +0.93 V, max =  +1.65 V)
in4:          +0.03 V  (min =  +2.68 V, max =  +1.10 V)
in5:          +0.03 V  (min =  +1.34 V, max =  +2.20 V)
in6:          +0.03 V  (min =  +2.57 V, max =  +1.21 V)
3VSB:         +3.31 V  (min =  +2.66 V, max =  +4.42 V)
Vbat:         +3.23 V  
+3.3V:        +3.33 V  
fan1:        1218 RPM  (min =   34 RPM)
fan2:         725 RPM  (min =   11 RPM)
fan5:           0 RPM  (min =   -1 RPM)  ALARM
fan6:        2008 RPM  (min =   -1 RPM)
temp1:        +50.0°C  (low  = -91.0°C, high = -24.0°C)
temp2:        +45.0°C  (low  =  -5.0°C, high =  -2.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp3:        +47.0°C  (low  = -65.0°C, high = -113.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp4:        +47.0°C  (low  = -44.0°C, high = +127.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp5:        +47.0°C  (low  = +63.0°C, high = +125.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
temp6:        +47.0°C  (low  = +37.0°C, high = -13.0°C)  sensor = thermistor
intrusion0:  ALARM

k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Tdie:         +50.4°C  (high = +70.0°C)
Tctl:         +50.4°C 

I installed these first Linux ASUS WMI Sensor driver from here: https://github.com/electrified/asus-wmi-sensors You could try just installing Liquorix first and see if all works. If all works good, if not then install these.. Asus is the key here.



The below seems a bit to old 4 years but I could be wrong too. They could be the same as above I just don't know.
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.ph ... st13802103

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echo "it87" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules           #if you haven't done this already
sudo apt-get install git dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic         #you may have some of these already 
cd ~/                #use whichever directory you want
git clone https://github.com/a1wong/it87.git
cd it87/
sudo make dkms
sensors 

I can tell you this much if your sensors are not detected this is all you will see.

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$sensors

k10temp-pci-00c3
Adapter: PCI adapter
Tdie:         +50.4°C  (high = +70.0°C)
Tctl:         +50.4°C 

[Stevo]

Interesting.. I have to do

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echo "it87" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules           
sudo apt-get install git         
cd ~/                                                                     
git clone https://github.com/a1wong/it87.git
cd it87/
sudo make dkms

in succession to see all my sensors.

Stevo: you mean that the liquorix kernel might work OOTB?

It's worth a try, but only the Nvidia 440.59 driver in the test repo (at present) will build on the current 5.5 Liquorix kernel. So you must first upgrade that driver before installing the kernel.