All of the hardware monitoring “HWMON” subsystem updates have been merged for the ongoing Linux 7.0 merge window.
When it comes to temperature / voltage / fan motherboard sensors, ASUS motherboards have typically found the most support under Linux thanks to the work of numerous developers. With Linux 7.0 there are several more ASUS desktop motherboards now seeing working sensor support under Linux. It’s too bad more of this work isn’t done punctually and directly by ASUS but at least for those interested in system sensor monitoring, ASUS motherboards both for AMD and Intel CPUs are typically the best bet compared to other brands. In Linux 7.0 is also another ASRock motherboard now seeing support.
The open-source hardware monitoring driver highlights for Linux 7.0 include:
– The ASUS EC Sensors driver now supports the Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI A and ROG MAXIMUS X HERO motherboards.
– The Dell SMM driver adds support for the Dell OptiPlex 7080 system.
– The GPD-Fan driver now supports the Micro PC 2.
– The nct6683 driver adds support for the ASRock Z590 Taichi.
– The nct6775 adds support for the ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard.
– The Intel coretemp driver adds TjMax handling for Intel Silvermont through Tremont cores.
– New PMBus drivers for the HiTRON HAC300S power supply, Monolithic MP5926 Hot-Swap Controller, and STEF48H28 hot-swap controller.
More details on these HWMON improvements for Linux 7.0 via this pull that has already been merged to Git.
