Alternative for IT8613E with new linux kernels

[john9631]

I was having difficulty using this solution with Linux Kernel 6.12. Sometimes it would provide me with fan speeds, sometimes not. So I did some additional research and andliuk at forums.truenas.com made this suggestion.

I checked 6.12 kernel source, and it87 module is not updated to support IT8613E chipset. Nor it is on the latest kernel, so it is very unlikely it reaches production soon.

I found out the IT8622E chipset is similar to IT8613E, so as workaround the module can be loaded by forcing the chip id to 0x8622:

sudo modprobe it87 force_id=0x8622

He'd tried it on an Odroid H4+. I used dkms_clean to remove the current modules. Then I tried:

sudo modprobe it87 force_id=0x8622
followed by sudo sensors-detect
and sensors to check if the fan rpm was reported. Success.

This was for a Beelink Mini S (Intel N100) so it should work for other Intel N100 systems with Linux Kernel 6.12 or later.

[john9631]

Note that to avoid using modprobe each time you reboot you can:
add the line it87 at the end of /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf
and add a file named it87.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/ and edit it to add the line options it87 force_id=0x8622