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    Temperature sensor : Intel NIC

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      verizu
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      It seems my NIC x550-t2 has a temperature sensor, is there a way to make the OS recognize it ?

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        I've never seen that reported from an Intel NIC but if it was I'd expect it to be in the sysctls.

        Are you seeing that in the specs? Under Linux?

        Steve

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          verizu
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          Yes i was looking at the x550 datasheet and even my cheap asus card has one (aquantia) so I guess there must be one for security in case of overheating ?

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Hmm, looking at the driver there are references to thermal sensors for several chipsets but I can't see how you might go about reading it.
            https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_5/sys/dev/ixgbe/if_ix.c#L3594

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              verizu
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              now idea maybe I should ask the question on freebsd forum

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Yep, that's probably a good idea.

                If it can be read I doubt it would be that hard to display it.

                Steve

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