Kernel driver coretemp ====================== Supported chips: * All Intel Core family Prefix: 'coretemp' CPUID: family 0x6, models 0xe (Pentium M DC), 0xf (Core 2 DC 65nm), 0x16 (Core 2 SC 65nm), 0x17 (Penryn 45nm), 0x1a (Nehalem), 0x1c (Atom), 0x1e (Lynnfield), 0x26 (Tunnel Creek Atom), 0x27 (Medfield Atom) Datasheet: Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual Volume 3A: System Programming Guide http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/Wiki/Mobility/720.htm Author: Rudolf Marek Description ----------- This driver permits reading the DTS (Digital Temperature Sensor) embedded inside Intel CPUs. This driver can read both the per-core and per-package temperature using the appropriate sensors. The per-package sensor is new; as of now, it is present only in the SandyBridge platform. The driver will show the temperature of all cores inside a package under a single device directory inside hwmon. Temperature is measured in degrees Celsius and measurement resolution is 1 degree C. Valid temperatures are from 0 to TjMax degrees C, because the actual value of temperature register is in fact a delta from TjMax. Temperature known as TjMax is the maximum junction temperature of processor, which depends on the CPU model. See table below. At this temperature, protection mechanism will perform actions to forcibly cool down the processor. Alarm may be raised, if the temperature grows enough (more than TjMax) to trigger the Out-Of-Spec bit. Following table summarizes the exported sysfs files: All Sysfs entries are named with their core_id (represented here by 'X'). tempX_input - Core temperature (in millidegrees Celsius). tempX_max - All cooling devices should be turned on (on Core2). tempX_crit - Maximum junction temperature (in millidegrees Celsius). tempX_crit_alarm - Set when Out-of-spec bit is set, never clears. Correct CPU operation is no longer guaranteed. tempX_label - Contains string "Core X", where X is processor number. For Package temp, this will be "Physical id Y", where Y is the package number. On CPU models which support it, TjMax is read from a model-specific register. On other models, it is set to an arbitrary value based on weak heuristics. If these heuristics don't work for you, you can pass the correct TjMax value as a module parameter (tjmax). Appendix A. Known TjMax lists (TBD): Some information comes from ark.intel.com Process Processor TjMax(C) 32nm Core i3/i5/i7 Processors i7 660UM/640/620, 640LM/620, 620M, 610E 105 i5 540UM/520/430, 540M/520/450/430 105 i3 330E, 370M/350/330 90 rPGA, 105 BGA i3 330UM 105 32nm Core i7 Extreme Processors 980X 100 32nm Celeron Processors U3400 105 P4505/P4500 90 32nm Atom Processors Z2460 90 45nm Xeon Processors 5400 Quad-Core X5492, X5482, X5472, X5470, X5460, X5450 85 E5472, E5462, E5450/40/30/20/10/05 85 L5408 95 L5430, L5420, L5410 70 45nm Xeon Processors 5200 Dual-Core X5282, X5272, X5270, X5260 90 E5240 90 E5205, E5220 70, 90 L5240 70 L5238, L5215 95 45nm Atom Processors D525/510/425/410 100 Z560/550/540/530P/530/520PT/520/515/510PT/510P 90 Z510/500 90 N475/470/455/450 100 N280/270 90 330/230 125 E680/660/640/620 90 E680T/660T/640T/620T 110 45nm Core2 Processors Solo ULV SU3500/3300 100 T9900/9800/9600/9550/9500/9400/9300/8300/8100 105 T6670/6500/6400 105 T6600 90 SU9600/9400/9300 105 SP9600/9400 105 SL9600/9400/9380/9300 105 P9700/9600/9500/8800/8700/8600/8400/7570 105 P7550/7450 90 45nm Core2 Quad Processors Q9100/9000 100 45nm Core2 Extreme Processors X9100/9000 105 QX9300 100 45nm Core i3/i5/i7 Processors i7 940XM/920 100 i7 840QM/820/740/720 100 45nm Celeron Processors SU2300 100 900 105 65nm Core2 Duo Processors Solo U2200, U2100 100 U7700/7600/7500 100 T7800/7700/7600/7500/7400/7300/7250/7200/7100 100 T5870/5670/5600/5550/5500/5470/5450/5300/5270 100 T5250 100 T5800/5750/5200 85 L7700/7500/7400/7300/7200 100 65nm Core2 Extreme Processors X7900/7800 100 65nm Core Duo Processors U2500/2400 100 T2700/2600/2450/2400/2350/2300E/2300/2250/2050 100 L2500/2400/2300 100 65nm Core Solo Processors U1500/1400/1300 100 T1400/1350/1300/1250 100 65nm Xeon Processors 5000 Quad-Core X5000 90-95 E5000 80 L5000 70 L5318 95 65nm Xeon Processors 5000 Dual-Core 5080, 5063, 5060, 5050, 5030 80-90 5160, 5150, 5148, 5140, 5130, 5120, 5110 80 L5138 100 65nm Celeron Processors T1700/1600 100 560/550/540/530 100