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CORETEMP(4) DragonFly Kernel Interfaces Manual CORETEMP(4)
NAME
coretemp -- device driver for Intel Core on-die digital thermal sensor
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your
kernel configuration file:
device coretemp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
following line in loader.conf(5):
coretemp_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
The coretemp driver provides support for the on-die digital thermal sen-
sor present in Intel Core and newer CPUs. The values are exposed through
the HW_SENSORS sysctl(3) tree. For example:
%sysctl hw.sensors
hw.sensors.cpu0.temp0: 28.00 degC
hw.sensors.cpu1.temp0: 29.00 degC
SEE ALSO
systat(1), sysctl(3), sensorsd(8), sysctl(8)
HISTORY
The coretemp driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.
AUTHORS
The coretemp driver was written by Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> as part
of a Google Summer of Code project. This manual page was written by
Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>.
DragonFly 3.5 June 3, 2011 DragonFly 3.5