SMSC LPC47M192 - "Device is disabled, will not use"

SMSC LPC47M192 - "Device is disabled, will not use"

[Keenan Pepper]

I have a chip on my motherboard which says "SMsC LPC47M192-NC", but the kernel 
module for it (kernel 2.6.12-rc5-mm1) doesn't work:

keenan@localhost:~$ sudo modprobe smsc47m1
FATAL: Error inserting smsc47m1 
(/lib/modules/2.6.12-rc5-mm1/kernel/drivers/i2c/chips/smsc47m1.ko): No such device

In the dmesg output it says:

smsc47m1: Found SMSC LPC47M15x/LPC47M192
smsc47m1: Device is disabled, will not use

What does this mean? How do I get this chip to tell me fan speed and CPU 
temperature (if that's even what it does?)?

Re: [lm-sensors] SMSC LPC47M192 - "Device is disabled, will not use"

[Rudolf Marek]

Hello,
> In the dmesg output it says:
> 
> smsc47m1: Found SMSC LPC47M15x/LPC47M192
> smsc47m1: Device is disabled, will not use
> 
> What does this mean? How do I get this chip to tell me fan speed and CPU
> temperature (if that's even what it does?)?

It means that the logical device is disabled and it most cases it means that this chip is not used for hw. monitoring.
Please can you tell us your motherboard brand and model?
Also please run sensors-detect script include whole output in your next email.
Tell us what version of kernel and lm_sensors you use.

We can try to forcibly enable in future.

Thanks

Regards

Rudolf